Tag: Apple-1 Auction
A few days ago, Christie’s Auction house sold another Apple 1 for whopping $470,000 and when I read about it my first reaction was “yet another one…moving on”. That thought made me wonder why I would think like that. The Apple 1s are no less rare than they were a few years ago when the first ones had surfaced, and…
The Schoolsky Apple-1 computer was sold at auction by Charitybuzz on September 26th for US$401,000. I’ve found today an interesting blog post showing the steps to get the computer delivered to its new owner. The blog shows The blog also has links to videos with the seller, David Larsen, talking about his Apple 1 and also the steps to get it shipped….
It appears that the much followed “Celebration” Apple I computer has finally been sold for a cool $815,000 US dollars. I guess it didn’t hit their stated value of $1M, but it’s still a heck of a lot of dough. I actually watched the bids hit $1.2M, but apparently there was a bid pulled at the last minute. I’d now…
Rxsherm has published a 3-minute video on YouTube showing how would be if ‘Siri’ was available for the Apple II, circa 1984. The author’s ‘Siri’ has a complete full-text parser that can understand multiple phrases and punctuation, software-based voice synthesis, access to external (some) external data and more. This ‘Siri’ voice is not as pleasing as the modern version, but…
Few days ago we posted the news about another Commodore 65 that is on sale on German eBay. The auction has ended and the rare machine was sold for €22.827,00 (around USD25,000). The winner bid was only 50 bucks more than the second. That might leave a bitter taste for the guy that lost. Source: Nightfall Crew
