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An extremely rare Apple-1 computer was sold for roughly $471,000 (approx. Rs. 3.2 crore) at an an auction organized by London-based Christies.
What's so special about the computer? Well, the auction house describes the machine as "the first personal computer sold with a fully assembled motherboard."
Surely, collectors don't set limits. And definitely not for a piece of history like the Apple-1.
The auctioned Apple-1, built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, dates back to 1976.
Interestingly, it comes housed in the bottom section of a briefcase, complete with a built-in keyboard.
But why the briefcase? Because Apple-1 didn't come with a case of its own and the buyer had to figure out an enclosure. In this case, it ended up in a briefcase.
Jobs called Apple-1 "a truly complete microcomputer system on a single PC board... an extremely powerful computer system that can be used for anything from developing programs to playing games."
Apple-1 originally sold for $666.66, and it is estimated that only 200 odd units were ever produced.
And while most of the machines couldn't last till today, the enthusiast-run Apple-1 Registry says 80 or so are still in existence.
Notably, in 2014, another auctioned Apple-1 fetched $905,000 (Rs. 6.3 crore) from the Henry Ford Museum.
Back in the day, Apple-1 sold for a hefty near-$700 price tag as it really is one of the first few machines that heralded the home computing revolution. The machine is powered by a white ceramic MOS Technologies 6502 microprocessor along with 8K bytes RAM (divided into two 4K chips) and comes with two Triad power supply modules.
As part of the auction, the Apple-1 leather briefcase also came with extra pieces of history including three original Apple-1 operation manuals, a magazine article written by Steve Jobs as well as a slide of Apple's original logo, among other things.
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