Mystery Woman Recycles $200,000 Apple I Computer

Dave Knott writes: A recycling centre in the Silicon Valley is looking for a woman who dropped off an old computer for recycling. The computer was apparently inside boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her garage after her husband died. This would be nothing unusual, except that the recycled computer was an Apple I. The recycling firm eventually sold the Apple I for $200,000 to a private collection, and because the company gives 50 per cent of the proceeds from sold items back to the original owner, they wish to split the proceeds with the mystery donor.

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Re: Why is it worth that much?

[Anonymous Coward]

You had to personally know the Steves to get one of those

Not really, all you had to do was walk into the Byte Shop.

and they were hand built in Job's garage

According to Woz, that's a myth. Apple did no manufacturing in the garage.