From the description:
"Apple 1 - ORIGINAL, with Keyboard, RF Modulator, Cassette Interface Card and Tapes
The offering includes:
• Apple 1 motherboard, 4K RAM installed (other 4K RAM sockets empty), all ORIGINAL Apple 1 components
• Keyboard with modified cable for the Apple 1
• RF Modulator
• Apple 1 Cassette Interface card, all original components
• Six Apple 1 program tapes (Monitor/Disassembler, Integer Basic, AppleTrek, Hamurabi, Maze Creator, and Blackjack)
• Statement of Authenticity, signed by Steve Wozniak (Apple Employee #1)
Apple 1 Condition Notes:
• On the front of the Apple 1 are a few (appropriate!) configuration wires.
• There are two spots on the back where the solder mask has been removed, traces were cut and then repaired expertly (see close-ups).
• The LM323 voltage regulator was replaced, using a part taken from another Apple 1.
• Date codes for all chips may be found here. (date code is usually YYWW - 2 digits for Year plus 2 digits for Week).
• Otherwise, it is very clean. Wendell Sander, who has inspected a number of existing Apple 1s, proclaimed it the most pristine he'd seen.
NOTE: This offering is of Historical Artifacts, not as functioning electronic components. None of the electronic items in this offering have been powered up in over 20 years. Although fully functional then, all electronics in this offering should be considered UNTESTED. Likewise, the program tapes may or may not be functional.
Back Story:
The founders of Apple knew that one of the keys to long term success was Customer Support. In the beginning that meant Steve Wozniak took customer phone calls to help in any way he could with the Apple 1. With the launch of the Apple II, everyone in engineering (and some of the production line technicians) took calls... but most Apple 1 questions still had to be taken by Woz. It was decided that to best support the Apple 1 owners the easiest thing to do was convert them to Apple II owners. Apple offered a trade-in deal to Apple 1 owners: trade in the Apple 1 for an Apple II (by late 1978 the offer also included a Disk Drive!). Most were traded in. This freed Woz from phone duties, rewarded early Apple adopters with a more capable computer, and allowed Apple to fulfill its commitment to great Customer Service.
Cliff dropped into Steve Jobs' office one day and couldn't help but notice the huge pile of Apple 1 boards - those that had been traded-in for the Apple II. "What are you going to do with those?", Cliff asked. Steve told him that they were to be destroyed. "Mind if I take one... Oh! And one for my brother?", Cliff asked. Steve reached into the pile and pulled out two boards and handed them to Cliff. Many people around Apple were amused and asked, "Why would you want one of those?" "It's history," was the reply, "just history."
Though hundreds of Apple 1 computers were sold, the trade-in deal reduced the population to the few that exist today. This is one that that got a last minute reprieve from the band-saw death pile!"
What's on eBay - Apple 1 - The ORIGINAL Apple Computer
