We all know that the billionaire Steve Wozniak He leads a life of that, of a super rich retiree. For a few years, he has spent the day traveling with his wife around the world, collaborating in charity events, and watching on his mobile how his Apple shares are going.
And this week, in one of those galas in Dubai, was approached by surprise by a young man. He opened the leather bag he carried, and to everyone’s surprise he pulled out a motherboard unit from the first Apple Computer 1 that Woz designed and built himself in the home of Jobs’s parents. He asked him to please sign it, which Wozniak did with great pleasure.
We all know very well the story of the early days of Apple. How the first 200 computers Apple-1 They were designed by Steve Wozniak and assembled and tested by Steve Jobs, Patty Jobs (his sister), and Daniel Kottke at Jobs’s parents’ home. It was in 1976. That’s where it all started.
The fact is that the good-natured WozniakHe was in Dubai this week, attending a charity event, like one of many he usually attends in his laid-back life as a billionaire retiree. And then came the surprise.
Today we reunited the Master with one of his creations… what an amazing experience! pic.twitter.com/UhiNtZhtUl
– The AAPL Collection (@AAPLcollection) November 25, 2021
In the middle of the reception of the event, surrounded by attendees, he was approached by an unknown young man, carrying a leather bag. He asked if he could attend to him for a second. Wozniak, surprised, said yes, and the young man took out an object wrapped in plastic from his shoulder bag.
The surprise was total when Wozniak recognized what that individual was unwrapping from the plastic: an intact motherboard of the first Apple Computer 1. That board had been designed and manufactured by Woz himself in Jobs’s parents’ home in 1976. Almost nothing.
The young man He asked if he could please sign it, which Wozniak gladly did. The scene was captured and published in this tweet. The young man collected his treasure, and left happy, knowing that with this gesture, his plate has risen in value thousands of dollars. We will see how long it takes to appear for an auction….
