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Extremely rare original vintage Apple-1 Operation Manual issued by the Apple Computer Company circa 1976, 12 pages, 8.5 x 11, featuring Apple's original logo on the front cover, designed by third Apple co-founder Ron Wayne and showing Isaac Newton thoughtfully seated beneath a tree, with a shining apple dangling overhead. The Operation Manual contains an impressive fold-out schematic of the Apple-1 computer and features information on getting the system up and running, using the system monitor, and expanding the Apple system. Three pages are headed "6502 Hex Monitor Listing" and detail an innovative memory program devised by Steve Wozniak that is commonly called the 'Woz Monitor.' This example is not three-hole punched.
The manual is complemented by a rare original dual-sided advertising flyer from the Apple Computer Company, 8.5 x 11, which lists information and pricing for the Apple-1 desktop computer, the Apple Cassette Interface with included BASIC tape, and Apple 4K Byte RAM expansion memory. The front side is headed "Apple Introduces the First Low Cost Microcomputer System with a Video Terminal and 8K Bytes of RAM on a Single PC Card," with lower informational text and an image of the Apple-1 motherboard. The reverse shows an image of the Apple Cassette Interface above a pricing chart and Ron Wayne's original Apple logo, with text to left margin and the original slogan: "Byte into an Apple." Both sides bear the company's mailing address and phone number: "770 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304, (415) 326-4248." In overall fine condition, with trivial marks to the manual covers, and light spotting to an edge of the advertisement. Accompanied by a vintage semi-glossy 6 x 10.25 photograph of Wayne's original Apple logo, which bears “This Paper Manufactured by Kodak” watermarks on the reverse.
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 came fully assembled. The Apple-1 thus became one of the first ‘personal’ computers that did not require soldering by the end user. Altogether, over a span of about ten months, Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them. The Apple-1 was not only a marvel of early computing ingenuity, but the pioneering product that launched what is today one of the most valuable and successful companies in the world. Very few of the original Apple-1 operating manuals—perhaps 65 or so—are known to exist today.
Originates from the collection of Ron Wayne, who gifted it to consignor Owen Linzmayer during the research of his book Apple Confidential.
