Apple-1 original computer made by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak to be auctioned; details

An original Apple computer, that company’s founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built from scratch 45 years ago, is up for auction in the United States on Tuesday. The auction of the functioning Apple-1, that may be considered a great-great-grandfather of today’s sleek MacBooks, is expected to fetch up to $600,000 (roughly Rs 4.44 crore) and will take place in California.

The computer, also known as “Chaffey College” Apple-1 is one of only 200 computers made by Jobs and Wozniak together in the beginning of the company’s journey which began as a garage start-up to worth $2 trillion today. The computer is encased in ‘koa’ wood—a richly patinated wood native to Hawaii. Only a handful of the 200 were apparently made this way.