The Apple 1 Computer 1976

Some of these images were obtained from various sources. This site is not affiliated in any way with Apple Computer, Inc. Maintained by John Calande. This BLOG corrects much of the false early history of Apple Computer, Inc. I also show in detail, how to build an Apple 1 clone, and an BASIC expansion card. I work as a Software Engineer. I am always looking for exciting, fun and challenging new projects. You can contact me at jcalande1000 at gmail.com

Friday, February 4, 2011

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 engineerin...

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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 or...

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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 ...

Monday, December 20, 2010

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...

Saturday, December 4, 2010

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?" ...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

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 aucti...

Friday, October 15, 2010

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 ...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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,...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Preparing to rebuild the Datanetics Keyboard Serial Number 0010

I disassembled this keyboard a couple of months ago so that I could take pictures for the guys out there that wanted to clone it. I ended u...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Datanetics and Sony TV-115 referenced in letter from Steve Jobs

Sony TV-115 Manual

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Aurélien's Hand-Wired Apple-1 / case

Aurel sent me a link to his latest work. AMAZING job!

Another Apple-1 Original sold on ebay -- 22k+

John Note: The name on the manual above appears to be Randy J. Suess. Search results indicate this might be the same Randy J. Suess that wa...

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