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Esinye sezibonelo ezingavamile kusukela ochungechungeni lokuqala lwamakhompiyutha angu-Apple I angamashumi amahlanu sathengiswa endalini endlini yendali yaseNew York ngenani lezinkanyezi ezingu-$905 Lawa makhompyutha angamashumi amahlanu ahlanganiswa nguSteve Wozniak egalaji lomndeni wakwaJobs eLos Altos. California ngo-1976.

Ikhompiyutha isasebenza, futhi indlu yendali ebizwa ngokuthi i-Bonhams kulindeleke ukuthi ilande phakathi kwamaRandi angu-300 nengxenye yesigidi ngocezu oluyivelakancane. Nokho, okwakulindelwe kweqiwa kakhulu. I-Apple I yathengwa yi-Henry Ford Organization, eyakhokhela ama-dollar ayizinkulungwane ezingu-905, okucishe kube yizigidi ezingu-20.

Inhlangano kaHenry Ford ifuna ukubonisa i-Apple I emnyuziyamu wayo e-Dearborn, Michigan. Umongameli wenhlangano uthe lokhu okulandelayo ngakho: "I-Apple ngangingeyona nje iphayona, kodwa umkhiqizo obalulekile wokuqala ukuguqulwa kwedijithali."

Intshisekelo ezingxenyeni zokuqala zekhompuyutha yomuntu siqu ye-Apple I ekuqaleni yayiphansi, futhi ngenxa yethegi ebekwe ku-$666,66. Ushintsho kwaba lapho iqoqo lamakhompyutha angamashumi amahlanu e-Apple I eyalelwa nguPaul Terrell, usomabhizinisi nomnikazi wenethiwekhi ye-Byte Shop. Wakwazi ukuthengisa yonke imishini engamashumi amahlanu, futhi i-Jobs ne-Wozniak yakhiqiza amanye ama-computer angu-150.

Ngokusho kwemibono yochwepheshe, cishe ezinye izingcezu ezingamashumi amahlanu zingase zigcinwe kuze kube yilolu suku. Enye ikhophi yale khompyutha edumile yathengiswa ngonyaka owandulela owedlule endalini yoSuthu. Yilapho inani eliwinile lenyukela ku-$374.

Umthombo: iMore, ICult Of Mac
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