Extremely rare fully-operational Apple I computer up for auction
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Close up of the name plate on the Apple I motherboard
Each of the 200 or so Apple I computers was hand-built by Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak
The rear of the Apple I computer being auctioned by Auction Team Breker of Cologne, Germany
The only modern additions are a replica cassette-interface-card and the cassettes containing the operating software
Only 43 of the original production run of 200 have survived, and of those, just six are still in working order
The now famous Apple logo displayed on the period black-and-white Sanyo monitor bundled with the Apple I being auctioned
One of the six remaining fully-operational Apple I computers in the world is up for auction next month
Apple's first customers only got a motherboard full of chips for their cash and had to add their own monitor (or small TV set), power pack, keyboard and cassette recorder
On April 1, 1976, a new company was established to sell a ready-made personal computer designed and built by Steve Wozniak. The first Apple computers were assembled in the family garage of business partner and friend Steve Jobs and sold to the Byte Shop for US$500 each, subsequently retailing for $666.66. The rest, as they say, is history. Apple has since become a colossal consumer electronics concern, and of the 200 or so Apple I computers ever produced, only 43 have survived. Of those, just six are still in working order and one of those is scheduled to hit the auction block in Germany next month.
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