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The Apple I was an early personal computer. It was designed by Steve Wozniak for personal use. Wozniak's friend Steve Jobs had the idea of selling the computer. The Apple I was Apple Computer's first product, demonstrated in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. It went on sale in July 1976 at a price of $666.66, reportedly because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 30 chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply, keyboard, and display. An optional board providing a cassette interface for storage was later released at a cost of $75. Image File history File linksMetadata Apple_I.jpg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Apple Computer Apple I Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize...
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1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by Chuck Peddle for MOS Technology in 1975. ...
MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ...
A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-, meaning 1000) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1000 or 1024 bytes. ...
Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer turned philanthropist. ...
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ...
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The Apple I is sometimes credited as the first personal computer to be sold in fully assembled form; however, some argue that the honor rightfully belongs to other machines, such as the MOS Technology KIM-1, Datapoint 2200, or more commonly the Altair 8800 (which could be bought in kit or assembled form for extra cost). MOS Technology, Inc. ...
The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, was a small 6502-based microcomputer kit developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. ...
The Datapoint 2200 was a programmable terminal released by Computer Terminal Corporation (CTC) in June 1970. ...
Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the...
The Apple I's built-in computer terminal circuitry was distinctive. All one needed was a keyboard and an inexpensive video monitor. Competing machines such as the Altair 8800 generally were programmed with front-mounted toggle switches and used indicator lights (red LEDs, most commonly) for output, and had to be extended with separate hardware to allow connection to a computer terminal or a teletype machine. This made the Apple I an innovative machine for its day. It was discontinued in March 1977, when it was replaced with the Apple II, which added graphics and sound capabilities. A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system. ...
It has been suggested that IBM PC keyboard be merged into this article or section. ...
A video monitor is similar to a television. ...
Altair 8800 The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975, based on the Intel 8080A CPU. Sold as a kit through Popular Electronics magazine, the designers intended to sell only a few hundred to hobbyists, and were surprised when they sold over ten times that many in the...
Led is also the past tense of the verb to lead Blue, green and red LEDs. ...
Introduced about 1963, Teletype Corporations ASR33 was a very popular model of teleprinter. ...
The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
As of the turn of the millennium, an estimated 30 to 50 Apple Is are still known to exist, making it a collector's item. An Apple I reportedly sold for $50,000 at auction in 1999; however, a more typical price for an Apple I is in the $14,000–$16,000 range. A software-compatible clone of the Apple I (Replica 1) produced using modern components, was released in 2003 at a price of around $200.
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A collectors item is an object or item of any kind that has become valuable -- often unexpectedly. ...
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The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
References - Price, Rob, So Far:the First Ten Years of a Vision, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, 1987, ISBN 1-55693-974-4
- Owad, Tom (2005). Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage. Rockland, MA: Syngress Publishing. Copyright © 2005. ISBN 1-931836-40-X.
External links - Apple I Owners Club
- Macintosh Prehistory: The Apple I
- The Replica-1
- A-ONE a new Apple 1 clone
- My Apple I project on www.sbprojects.com
- Apple I Operational Manual
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