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Building an Apple-1 From Scratch — Just Like Woz

Posted by Soulskill on from the is-that-the-one-the-president-flies-on dept.

Lucas123 writes "This year at KansasFest, computer fans from around the world gathered to celebrate the Apple II — the computer that put Apple on the map. But the Apple-1 (a.k.a. the Apple I), the machine Steve Wozniak invented and first demonstrated at the Palo Alto Homebrew Computer Club in 1976, has always been near to my heart. In attendance at KansasFest was Vince Briel, who created an authorized reproduction the Apple-1 and showed others how to build their own. 'As a regular KansasFest attendee (and the conference's marketing director), I was one of his students. Follow along as I assemble a fully functional Apple-1 clone.'"

2 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Authorized replica? by gilgoomesh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Copyright and trademarks (particularly "Apple" referring to a computer) can last much longer.

    Although in this case, the authorization may just be the annointing from Woz himself.

  2. A Kit? by maz2331 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was hoping for something more in-depth than just soldering stuff on a prefabricated PCB. That's a no-brainer.

    Now, go through the steps of doing a schematic, then translating it into artwork and etching the boards and it might be a pretty interesting article.