Nice 6800 white ceramic / gray trace chips

If I ever get around to building Mike Willegal's Mimeo-1 clone #2, then I will attempt using one of these bad-boys, instead of the 6502....  could be a fun and challenging project...  New Old Stock, never socketed.  As far as I know, these are fairly rare.   I've built 3 clones so far, so the next Mimeo will be my fourth.  Insanity?  I dunno... could be :D

BTW, Woz said that he had the design, but did not test the Apple-1 with a 6800 due to cost (this was a kit available from HP at the time), and also never wrote the 256 byte monitor for it.  I believe there is someone out there that recently wrote a 6800 monitor.  I'll post when I have more info (I think it was Mike Willegal that sent me a link a month ago or so...)

Apple-1 wooden case... was this a lapdesk?

I sent a question to the Woz, asking if the hand-wired Apple-1 case was from a lapdesk...  It sure does look like one to me....

UPDATE:  I heard back from the Woz, this case for the first Apple-1 was custom built by Randy Wigginton's father.  Woz does not know where this computer ended up, but the photo is precious to him.  He confirmed that this is indeed the first Apple-1 that he built. 

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nope, this is the one Randy's father made

ʞɐıuzoʍ ǝʌǝʇs 

ʌʇ ǝzıs ʍǝu ɐ ʞo

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On Nov 12, 2011, at 12:48 AM, John Calande wrote:

Woz,

Ok, my understanding was that Randy's father built the nicer looking brown case that is in the Smithsonian.  The Triumph of the Nerds documentary made it sound as if you put this first Apple 1 case together yourself.

thanks again,

John

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SECOND UPDATE:  I recall Woz telling me he thought this one *might* be in storage somewhere... so it may be that this one actually lives in the ground in Santa Clara  (think band-saws, bulldozers, and junk-yards).  :D

THIRD UPDATE:   I saw this some time ago.... I must be getting old...  I don't know of any other pictures of the first hand-wired Apple-1, although there must be a few.

watch this video

Thanks for your time Woz!

Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)

As one would expect on an Apple-1 blog ...

My friend Christine texted me the news that evening, as I was head down, wading in code all day long, I had no idea of Steve's passing...

"For the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself,  if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do, what I am about to do today?

And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row,  I know I need to change something."

-- Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish"

In Memory of Steve Jobs... (Really?)

ebay listings as found on October, 8, 2011

(I tried to work as fast as possible knowing these Buy It Now™ listings wouldn't last long...)

White Ceramic 6502 cpu on ebay

Sold... and relisted for a little more of your hard-earned cash.

View on ebay

This may be your only chance to own this chip!  This is a MOS MCS 6502 CPU made in 1975.  This was a very early edition of the chip with the infamous ROR bug.  Someone is going to get this chip, act quick and it could be you!

1975 White Ceramic 6502 CPU on ebay for just $2500.00 USD

Here you go folks.  I hope your job security is on the upper echelon!

View on ebay

1975 WHITE CERAMIC MOS 6502 CPU This CPU is from the very early production run and is dated December 1975 (5175).  This CPU has the infamous ROR bug.  The CPU is used, but is in good working condition. Due to its vintage nature, the CPU is sold AS-IS, with no warranty.  No returns are accepted. The shipping price includes expedited, fully insured service with tracking  within continental USA.  Email for shipping quotes to other locations. Contact me if you have any questions. Payment is expected within 48 hours after purchase. Serious bidders ONLY. Q: Hi, can you tell me the markings on the bottom of the processor? thx A: 75071

$213,000 Apple-1 shown up and running in Italy

Be sure to click on the link to the Italian version, because there are many pics and video

Apple-1 Book in the works...

There is a new book on the Apple-1 in the works.  I don't know who the publisher will be, or when, but I will try to find out.  I was interviewed last week by the author and have introduced a few of my Apple-1 friends to her.  If you are an Apple-1 owner, or have any information on the Apple-1, stories, anything, then please contact me and I will put you in touch with the author.  I will post more here, when I know more.
Apparently, Woz will be interviewed as well.

MOS 6502 White Ceramic CPU

Wow.  I had no idea... I suspected this chip would sell for about $150 USD.  Surprise!

Images granted use by permission from my friends at:  http://www.cpushack.com/

6820 AMI Gray Trace

I just found these today -- AMI s6820 Peripheral Interface Adapters with white ceramic, gold pins and gray trace -- and when they arrive, if they work I will probably use them on the clones.

UPDATE (9-DEC-2011):  I tested one of these in the Obtronix clone, and it works!  Looking forward to adding these to the Mimeo boards.

XC6820 PIA Engineering Sample

I ran into this chip recently, and the collector obliged to send me these hi-res images.
This "XC" 6280 PIA is an early engineering sample chip from the 20th week of 1975.
This chip is gold + ceramic. Note, no grounding strap across the top of the chip which you see in later chips.

Compare it to the chip from 1976 found on my Mimeo-1

Datanetics Keyboard Clone KIT has arrived!!!

I have received my Datanetics Keyboard Clone "kit" from Mike Willegal last week, and will show a side-by-side comparison to the original keyboard (which is what the clone was cloned from :D) after I open things up.

I will also do the usual build logging as progress moves forward. stay tuned!

Datanetics Keyboard Clone II

Above is another shot of Mike W's rig with the keyboard clone hooked up to the Mimeo-1. Here Mike is testing sending ASCII chars to the Mimeo-1.

Datanetics Keyboard CLONED

Well, here it is folks. This is a clone of my original Datanetics keyboard (serial number 10).

The clone was created by Mike Willegal (Mike also did the Mimeo mother board clone). I do not have mine yet, but will post more on building this clone when I get my hands on one. Note the image shows an unassembled unit, but just to give you and idea of what this board will look like.

Pretty nice eh? Image provided by Mike Willegal.

Visit Mike's site here

Visit Mike's work log here

How Many Apple 1 computers were sold out of the 200 manufactured? 175

According to an article from a 1984 Byte magazine interview with Woz:

"BYTE: How many Apple I's did you actually sell?"

"WOZNIAK: We manufactured 200 of them and sold all but 25 over a period of

nine or ten months."

Reference

Apple 1 Original up for auction via Christie's Auction House

As many of you have pointed out already... the same Apple 1 Original that sold on ebay about 8 months ago for 50,000 USD is now up for auction for quite a bit more.

Read about it here

Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs (documentary video)

This documentary reminds me of the 1996 documentary:

"Triumph of the Nerds" and the newer, (2008?) "Welcome to Macintosh"

Interviews / comments from Robert X. Cringely, Woz, John Scully, Guy Kawasaki and others.

Watch the Video

After watching the video, read this: Scully on Jobs (via Cult of Mac)

Datanetics Keyboard Assembly Complete

The above switch is the broken switch (note both pins are gone) which was originally for the Space Bar. Note the "35" stamp, I don't know what this means, but it's the only switch that had a number stamped on it.












With the exception of soldering the switch pins, the board is back in one piece. Honestly, I was dreading this, but it wasn't too bad. I had to use the solder sucker frequently so that the switches would fall into place gently, without breaking anymore pins. I have replaced the broken switch on the spacebar, with one of the user-defined switches. So the key to the left of the spacebar, will do nothing, ever, because it has no pins!