About 13 days before Apple Computer Inc. was founded, Steve Jobs and co-founder Steve Wozniak wrote a check for $116.97 (equivalent to around $630 today). They likely didn't anticipate that this very check would eventually become a prized artifact of technological history, far surpassing its original value.
Dated March 19, 1976, this $116.97 check was made out to Ramlor, Inc., a printed circuit board manufacturer in the Palo Alto area. This payment likely covered boards connected to the first Apple-1 Computers. Anything over a hundred bucks needed approval from two partners, so that's probably why both Jobs and Wozniak put their names on the check.
Originally conceptualized as a PCB kit that users would solder together themselves, the Apple-1 Computers took on a larger scope when they caught the attention of Paul Terrell, the owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California—one of the world's earliest personal computer stores. Terrell expressed interest in purchasing 50 of these computers at a wholesale price of $500 each, intending to sell them at a retail price of $666.66, but with the condition that they come fully assembled. This request aimed to shift the computer's status from that of an enthusiast's gadget to a product for mainstream consumers. It is believed that this early deal was a game-changer for Apple.
However, the auction spotlight didn't solely shine on the pre-Apple check. A rare transparent prototype mouse from Apple Computer circa 1984 fetched $17,269, and an Apple-1 Computer signed by Wozniak was sold for a staggering $223,520.Popular stories
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