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Re:For sale: an Enigma machine by KoZeN on Friday November 12, 2010 @08:44AM (#1897574)
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?from=sal...

I'm surprised this hadn't had more attention here!

APPLE-1 -- Personal Computer. An Apple-1 motherboard, number 82, printed label to reverse, with a few slightly later additions including a 6502 microprocessor, labeled R6502P R6502-11 8145, printed circuit board with 4 rows A-D and columns 1-18, three capacitors, heatsink, cassette board connector, 8K bytes of RAM, keyboard interface, firmware in PROMS, low-profile sockets on all integrated circuits, video terminal, breadboard area with slightly later connector, with later soldering, wires and electrical tape to reverse, printed to obverse Apple Computer 1 Palo Alto. Ca. Copyright 1976

Re:For sale: an Enigma machine by asmithmd1 on Friday November 12, 2010 @11:14AM (#1898092)
Wow! a the Apple-1 is estimated to go for £100,000 - £150,000

I wonder if there are any artifacts from todays companies that we should be grabbing up

Re:For sale: an Enigma machine by asmithmd1 on Friday November 12, 2010 @11:29AM (#1898145)
Now I see why - it comes with the optional cassette interface and BASIC on a tape :)

Seriously it is an exceptional artifact: original invoice (Salesperson: STEVEN) and a typed note from Steven Jobs explaining how to hook-up a TV and keyboard: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ZoomImage.aspx?image=/lot...

Re:For sale: an Enigma machine by KoZeN on Monday November 15, 2010 @11:06AM (#1906698)
I can imagine one of the 1st gen iphones fetching a few quid down the line.