Ngenkathi amakhompyutha wangempela we-Apple 1 kade ekhona ukulanda ngaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi se-USD endalini eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngisho ne-Apple 1 kwemifanekiso bebelokhu befuna okungaphezu kweMacbook Air yosuku lwamanje…kuya ku-$1,200 EBay.
Umshini oklanywe nguSteve Wozniak owaqala wonke unomlando oyindaba okudingeke ukuthi ngisho uWoz uqobo awususe ekuseni Gizmodo.
Yize abanye bethi ikhompuyutha yazalwa egaraji likaSteve Jobs, uWoz uthi empeleni yazalwa efulethini lakhe le-cubicle neCupertino ngenkathi esebenza kwa-HP. Ngemva kokwethula umbono ku-Paul Terrell we-Byte Shop, Imisebenzi kanye ne-Woz bathole ukutshalwa kwezimali kokuqala ukwakha amabhodi e-PC agcwele futhi asebenzayo.
“Sidayise cishe angu-100. Imisebenzi ibisenza wonke amabhizinisi, sithola izingxenye, sidayisa, saziwe, sisendlini yakhe yokulala,” kusho uWoz.
“Ukukhiqiza kwenziwa eSanta Clara endaweni efanayo namabhodi e-PC. Igalaji lalinebhentshi kodwa lalidingeka ngempela ingxenye yosuku isonto ngalinye ukuze uhlole amabhodi futhi uqiniseke ukuthi ayasebenza.”
Muva nje, intandokazi yawo wonke umuntu othanda egalaji kanye nohlanya lokushintsha u-Ben Heck usenqume ukuqalisa futhi azakhele eyakhe i-Apple 1–ngemiyalo enencazelo uma ungathanda ukulandela—esiteshini sakhe esidumile se-YouTube, I-Ben Heck Show:
“U-Ben unquma ukuthatha enye iphrojekthi yekhompyutha ye-retro 8-bit futhi akhe i-Apple 1 kusukela ekuqaleni. Uxhuma i-CPU, i-ROM, ne-RAM ngocingo ku-PCB futhi wengeza amasango anengqondo okusingatha inkumbulo. Ngale khompuyutha engu-6502 eyisisekelo, usebenzisa i-oscilloscope ukuze abheke ukuthi i-CPU yenzani. Idatha yedijithali ikhombisa ukuthi i-6502 iyasebenza. ”
Ividiyo yemizuzu engama-20 ingeyokuqala ochungechungeni olunezingxenye ezintathu lapho uBen ezobe akha futhi evivinya isifaniso sakhe se-Apple 1 kusukela ekuqaleni:
Qiniseka ukuthi uhlola ezinye izingxenye ezimbili zochungechunge oluvuliwe Isiteshi se-YouTube sika-Ben Heck.
