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Apple I
Introduced: April 1976
Price: $666.66
CPU: MOS Technology 6502
Designed by: Steve Wozniak
Manufactured by: Apple Computer
The Apple I began as a homebrew project designed by Steve Wozniak. Unlike other computers of the time, it was not based on the Altair S-100 bus. It consisted of a single circuit board containing a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor and about 30 other chips. Wozniak passed the schematics around at the Homebrew Computer Club and helped a few members build their own boards. His friend Steve Jobs suggested assembling a few and selling them. For $666.66 a customer got the single circuit board without case, keyboard, power supply, or monitor. In all, around 200 Apple I’s were sold, and today it is highly valued as a collector’s item.
Price: $666.66
CPU: MOS Technology 6502
Designed by: Steve Wozniak
Manufactured by: Apple Computer
The Apple I began as a homebrew project designed by Steve Wozniak. Unlike other computers of the time, it was not based on the Altair S-100 bus. It consisted of a single circuit board containing a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor and about 30 other chips. Wozniak passed the schematics around at the Homebrew Computer Club and helped a few members build their own boards. His friend Steve Jobs suggested assembling a few and selling them. For $666.66 a customer got the single circuit board without case, keyboard, power supply, or monitor. In all, around 200 Apple I’s were sold, and today it is highly valued as a collector’s item.
Related Links
Stephen Wozniak: the making of an engineer and a computer
Long article by Wozniak, from The Computer Museum Report, 1986.
Apple’s Seeds
MacWorld Interview with Steve Wozniak.
woz.org
Steve Wozniak's homepage.
Steve Jobs Oral History
From Computerworld Honors Program International Archives.
Apple Computer Reading List
Links to everything Apple.
apple-history.com
Large site dedicated to Apple history.
Apple I Operation Manual
Scans of the original manual.
Apple I
DigiBarn's collection of Apple I info.
Long article by Wozniak, from The Computer Museum Report, 1986.
Apple’s Seeds
MacWorld Interview with Steve Wozniak.
woz.org
Steve Wozniak's homepage.
Steve Jobs Oral History
From Computerworld Honors Program International Archives.
Apple Computer Reading List
Links to everything Apple.
apple-history.com
Large site dedicated to Apple history.
Apple I Operation Manual
Scans of the original manual.
Apple I
DigiBarn's collection of Apple I info.
Apple I, 360 degree view 
Apple I is currently on display in the Rise of the Machines section of the STARTUP Gallery. Click on the map to explore the whole gallery.
