Apple I
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![A large, rectangular circuit board with mostly uniform chips arranged neatly in a grid. The rows are labeled A through D and the columns are numbered 1 to 18. Printed between rows of chips is the text, "Apple Computer 1", "Palo Alto, [California] Copyright 1976". There are three large cylindrical capacitors laying sideways in the corner. The board is sprinkled with small components including ceramic resistors and](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CopsonApple1_2k_cropped.jpg) Apple 1 motherboard (annotated version) | |
| Also known as | Apple I, Apple-1 |
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| Developer | Steve Wozniak |
| Manufacturer | Apple Computer Company |
| Type | Motherboard-only personal computer kit |
| Release date | July 1976 |
| Introductory price | US$666.66 (equivalent to $3,170 in 2021) |
| Discontinued | September 30, 1977 |
| Operating system | Custom system monitor |
| CPU | MOS Technology 6502 |
| Memory | 4 or 8 KB |
| Storage | 256 B ROM |
| Graphics | 40×24 characters, hardware-implemented scrolling (Signetics 2513 "64×8×5 Character Generator") |
| Successor | Apple II |
The Apple I is a simple, 8-bit Personal computer and was the first official product of the company, Apple Inc. It was designed by Steve Wozniak in 1976 as a simple computer board. Steve Jobs saw the computer board and decided to make a company called Apple Computer to sell it for $666.66. They ended selling up around 200 units and it was succeeded by the Apple II.
References
- 1 2 "Apple-1 Operation Manual" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018 – via Apple Fritter.
- ↑ "Datasheet Archive 2513 datasheet download". Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
