Apple-1 Registry Online — 39 Units still around!

Posted by: Bill Martens Date: December 14, 2011 0 Likes 498 Views

Mike Willegal of Mimeo fame has created an online registry of all known Apple-1 computers. While Apple Computer Inc produced 175 of the units in 1976, very few of the machines have survived the years and the tradein program Apple had when they introduced the Apple ][ computer. To date, Mike has catalogued 39 units complete with information about owners, auctions, auction / sale prices and current state of the machine.

The original Apple-1 computer sold for $666.66 USD in 1976. That price included nothing more than the board. The Byte Shop put the boards into home made wooden cases and numbered the machine boards that they had. While most computer owners these days throw away their machines after a time, Apple-1 owners are know for having kept their machines, kept the components, the original paperwork and manuals and in many cases, these items were even hand written by Steve Wozniak, the creator of the Apple-1 or by Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple.

The website has a good number of Apple-1 photos, manuals, links to owners websites and also technical information about each machine. It is well worth the look and can be found at:
http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-originals.htm

Author: Bill Martens
A.P.P.L.E. Chairman of the Board and Club president -- Bill worked for the founder, Val J. Golding and A.P.P.L.E. from 1981 to 1982. In 1999, he began archiving the materials which were distributed and sold by A.P.P.L.E.. That project led to the group that remained of A.P.P.L.E. Bill was involved in the financial industry in Tokyo and has over 20 major office infrastructure projects to his name. In March 2001, he retired to write books and to spend more time pursuing personal interests. As the president of the users group, Bill is in charge of distribution of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine as well as the organization of this web site. Bill currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and Shelton, Wa splitting time between the places.
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