Fully functional and marvelously displayed Apple-1 'NTI' computer set, complete with all components and accessories required for operation, signed on the white ceramic Synertek 6502 chip in black felt tip by co-creator Steve Wozniak, "Woz," and also signed on the handsome walnut display mount in black felt tip by Apple employee #12 Daniel Kottke. The complete set is housed in a large SKB iSeries rolling case.
The set includes:
• original Apple-1 board, signed on the 6502 processor chip by Steve Wozniak
• vintage, period-correct Cherry keyboard (c. 1982) modified and wired for use with the Apple-1
• vintage, period-correct Apple-1 power supply utilizing a Triad F-40x transformer (c. 1977) and Stancor P-8380 transformer
• vintage, period-correct Sanyo VM4209 monitor (c. 1977)
• vintage, period-correct Panasonic RQ-309DS cassette recorder/player, with original box
• period Xerox copy of the Apple-1 Operation Manual
• reproduction Apple-1 Integer BASIC Language software cassette tape
• reproduction Apple-1 Cassette Interface (ACI) board by Willegal.net
• modern Apple-1 Software Juke-Box board
• complete, original issue of Interface magazine (Vol. 1, Issue 11) from October 1976, featuring an early Apple-1 advertisement and an article by Steve Jobs ("Interfacing the Apple Computer")
• complete, original issue of Interface magazine (Vol. 1, Issue 12) from November 1976, featuring an early Apple-1 advertisement
This Apple-1 computer was examined virtually by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen in May 2022. A comprehensive, technical condition report prepared by Cohen is available to qualified bidders; he evaluates the condition of the unit as 6.5/10 based on condition and originality. Cohen observes that the board has typical green coat wear for a later NTI Apple-1 and appears in good working order. The computer is recorded as #89 in the Apple-1 Registry, listed as the 'Schlumberger #2' Apple-1.
Cohen discusses the computer's history: "This Apple-1 was sold in 1977 in Rochester, NY from a local Apple reseller to the chief developer of Schlumberger Overseas SA who shipped this Apple-1 to Germany. This was one of two Apple-1 computers purchased at the time. This specific computer may be the first Apple product ever operated outside of North America." The estate of the original owner offered the Apple-1 at auction through Christie's in October 2019, but it went unsold. It was subsequently acquired by noted Apple collector Jimmy Grewal, curator of The AAPL Collection in Dubai, and restored to fully operational condition; the board has undergone minor repairs and some board-level components have been replaced. Grewal obtained the autographs of Steve Wozniak and Daniel Kottke, then resold it to an American collector.
The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists, their initial market being Palo Alto’s Homebrew Computer Club. Seeking a larger audience, Jobs approached Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world. Aiming to elevate the computer beyond the realm of the hobbyist, Terrell agreed to purchase 50 Apple-1 computers, but only if they were fully assembled. The Apple-1 thus became one of the first ‘personal’ computers which did not require soldering by the end user. All together, over a span of about ten months, Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them. The Apple-1 is not only a marvel of early computing ingenuity, but the product that launched what is today one of the most valuable and successful companies in the world. This complete Apple-1 system—enhanced by its museum-quality display board, unique autographs, and robust assortment of accessories—is of the utmost desirability.
