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The contract is signed, the rent is paid, and Li Du and they can move in.

As soon as the owner left, Hans couldn't wait to ask, "Hey, what's in the garage?" ”

Li Du opened the door of the warehouse, went in and opened a broken wooden box, and said, "This is it, I don't know if it was left by the previous tenant or whether Abel forgot to be here." ”

The wooden box opened, revealing a shabby set of small machines, with big-ass monitors that had been eliminated, old-fashioned keyboards, motherboards, chips, and so on.

Among them, the keyboard inside is very individual, there is no edge guard, as if some plastic keys are inlaid on a plastic plate, which looks very original.

Obviously, this is an old computer, a computer that, like the big ass monitor, has been obsolete by the times.

It is worth noting that the accessories of this old computer have a symbol that is famous in modern times: an apple that has been bitten down!

Hans's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he exclaimed, "Apple-1?!" The first generation of Apple? Apple-1 by Steve Jobs and Steve Gary Wozniak?! ”

On December 8, 1975, Paul Terrell opened the nation's first computer retail chain in Mountain View, California.

In 1976, two young men visited the computer retail store with their own computers, and they wanted to launch a product that they had designed themselves in order to make some money.

At that time, no one could have imagined that the wheels of history would accelerate at this moment, and the legendary story in the history of science and technology would unfold here.

These two young men are Steve Jobs and Steve Gary Wozniak, and they call their machines Apple-1, the grandfathers of the Apple series, and that's what they see.

Hans knew the value of the Apple-1, he carefully picked up the motherboard, chip, and monitor, looked at it, and said happily: "Great, we have picked up the baby." ”

Sophie looked puzzled and asked, "This is a part, right?" ”

Hans looked back and said, "Yes, the Apple-1 is a DIY kit, and customers have to solder the corresponding chips to the motherboard after buying it, and then match the power supply, motherboard and monitor." ”

Sophie exclaimed, "Wow, that's a big job, if you sell it to me, then I won't assemble it, they'll be scrapped in my hands." ”

Li Du said thoughtfully: "Maybe the people who bought this computer are the same as you think, they don't know how to assemble it, so they abandon it." ”

Watching Hans and the masturbation officer fiddle with this set of computer parts, Sophie asked curiously, "Can it still work?" The Apple-1 should have been around for many years, and if it hasn't worked, it probably won't work, right? ”

"Whether it can be used or not, this thing is very valuable, at least enough to pay our rent. If it worked, it would be even better. Hans said with great interest.

The Apple-1 is valuable, and he is the only limited edition among Apple's mainstream products.

At that time, Jobs pitched to Terrell, and Terrell expressed interest, but told Jobs that he wanted a fully assembled computer.

So, as Terrell wished, Jobs provided him with 50 fully assembled Apple-1s.

But because the computer market was still small at that time, Jobs had to sell it himself, so they had this part-part Apple-1, which was sold exclusively to enthusiasts at the time.

The difference between the two is that the latter was sold by Jobs himself, selling parts, and it was equipped with a wooden chassis, keyboard, and power supply. In order to get more profits, the former only sells the host and monitor, and the rest needs to be matched by the customers themselves.

The Apple-1 in Li Du's hand is the Apple-1 that Jobs made and sold himself, which can be seen from the keyboard without a shell.

How much Apple-1 did they sell themselves? A total of 200 units were produced, and in the end 25 units were not sold, and the Apple-1 assembly that appeared on the market was 175 units!

This figure is quite good for the Apple-1, which has not been on the market for a long time, and strengthens the determination of the two Jobs to continue to work.

However, for the current market, this number is too small, which makes the Apple-1 too precious.

After Li Du discovered Apple-1 before, he took advantage of the gap to search on the Internet, and according to network sources, Apple counted the registered Apple-1, and there are only 66 units left in the world.

This is because when Apple was just starting out, the only person who could provide technical support for Apple-1 was Wozniak, and Wozniak was able to keep busy with the few machines at that time.

But since the release of the Apple II in 1977, Apple's users have skyrocketed, and in order to reduce the pressure on Wozniak, Apple has set up a dedicated technical support team.

In order to shift the direction of technical support, Apple strongly encouraged users to upgrade their devices, and many Apple-1 devices were destroyed as users upgraded, resulting in a further reduction in the number of machines in existence.

Hans and the masturbation officer took out the parts and cleaned them, covering them with a thick layer of dust, but fortunately the weather in Phoenix was hot and dry, and the machine was not corroded by moisture, which was the most important thing.

When cleaning up, the masturbator saw the soldering points on the motherboard and said, "It's not that it hasn't been used, someone has used it, and then it was disassembled." ”

Li Du asked, "Is there any loss of value to it?" ”

"As long as it can be used, then who cares who has used it?" Hans replied.

After cleaning it up, the two brought in electric welding and reassembled the computer.

In Li Du's opinion, this is a very complicated process, but for Hans and the masturbator, it is too simple, they found a tutorial from the Internet, and followed the tutorial to assemble it as easily as assembling building blocks.

Plugging in the charger, Hans rubbed his hands and said expectantly, "Come on, let's ...... Damn it! ”

The masturbator flipped the switch suddenly, he wanted to experience this experience, and the Apple-1 was one of the most desirable gifts for people their age in their childhood.

The switch was activated, and a green light at the bottom of the small screen lit up all of a sudden, and soon, characters on the screen began to beat!

Seeing this scene, Hans and the masturbation officer high-fived excitedly and shouted, "Yay, long live!" It works! This is a working Apple-1! ”

Apple-1 started to run the program, but the speed was very slow, Li Du asked: "Why hasn't it been turned on for so long?" ”

Hans waved his hand and said, "Be patient, it's BASIC, it's cumbersome and cumbersome, give it some time." ”

As the number of characters jumping on the screen increased, finally, the classic Apple-1 black interface appeared in front of them.

Hans clenched his fists and shouted, "YES! At least $600,000, it's here! ”

600,000 is the current market price of a usable Apple-1, at the beginning of its birth, its price was $666.66, and now its value has increased by a thousand times!