Month: July 2005

eBay find: Rare Vintage Apple I

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apple I computerProps to Daniel for alerting us that there’s a rare, working Apple I up on eBay right now, which is sure to fetch a heftier price than that other auction. The starting bid is $20,000

Rare Vintage Apple I Computer System (item # 5791473252)

"This is an auction for a MINT condition Apple I Computer. This is an
extremely rare piece of personal computer history. Only 200 were made,
about 150 sold and just a handful still in existence. The Apple I was
the first Personal computer with "everything" on the motherboard. It
was the precursor and inspiration of the Apple II."

The seller is the original owner, having purchased it in 1977 from a computer shop where it had been a display model.

Check out the walnut case! Check out the puddle of drool on my keyboard!

Bonus auction: Rare Vintage Apple II Motherboard from 1st Production (item # 5790352907) for sale by the same guy.

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Originally posted by Laurie A. Duncan from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Google Shoots the Moon

I love it….

In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, we’ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing

googlemoon.jpg

Each of the push pins represents one of the Apollo landings. … Now if Google could only zoom me in 239,000 miles it would be perfect.

Update: Hint: Pick the Apollo 11 landing site and keep zooming in… The detail at full zoom is amazing.

Originally posted by Paul from Wizbang