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From: E_K_S5/25/2013 6:42:52 PM
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OT - FWIW - My Vintage Apple II computer



I really was not too concerned when my vintage Apple II Computer was stolen out of my garage in early 1990. I bought this in High School back in 1976 with my paper route money and from working as a busboy in a local restaurant. One of my High School friends worked over at Apple Computer (only one of 12 employees at the time). He was a brilliant electronics person experimenting with all the free computer parts that HWP discarded. He helped develop the color video interface in the Apple II at the time using a brilliant trick to convert the digital output into RF that could be hooked up to any standard TV at the time. Pretty innovative for a sixteen year old!

I suppose I could have had everybody in the Lab sign my new AppleII (even Woz since they all worked together) but I was so thrilled I even could get one of the new II's (serial #17) since there were not many made in 1976.

I read this article today - Bummer!

Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000

An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage.Breker claims it is one of only six known remaining functioning models in the world. Breker already sold one last year for 492,000 euros.It says the computer bears Wozniak's signature. An old business transaction letter from the late Jobs also was included.The Apple 1, which was sold for $666 in 1976, consisted of only the circuit board. A case, a keyboard and a screen had to be bought separately.
It was a great time to be growing up in the heart of Silicon Valley. The one thing being young is that you are open to experiment with all sorts of new ideas even those way outside the box. The RF video trick turned out to be a simple circuit to design and even brought "color" to the Apple II via your standard TV set.

EKS
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