Putting context to Steve Jobs’ business card: Apple I and Apple II
TO late 70s, Steve Jobs had not yet built his reputation as a genius. The Californian had in his history el Apple I, made by your friend Steve Wozniack. This first Apple product was a very basic computer. I was wood finishand inside it had a motherboard with a 1MHz CPU It also had 4KB of RAM and one 256 byte ROM where the monitor program was integrated, which was written directly in assembler. Both could only make 200 units because the product it was handmade. It sold for $666.66. Some might think that it would be for some kind of satanic rite, but the reality is that Woz liked the repeated numbers. As the years went by, the Apple I was running out of steam, and the two began work on the Apple IIthat this would have a form more similar to what we know today as a personal computer.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Apple II it was almost ready. Despite having a much more professional finish, this new team It was also made by hand. so it never had a massive print run. On this occasion, the computer had a 8 bit processor, based on the 6502 from MOS Technology. It had a color screen 8 expansion slots and even a memory 48 kilobyte RAM, 12 times more than its predecessor. The Apple II family was extensive, and was updated over the years, with various configurations and expansions. Not surprisingly, while Woz was working on the shop floor, Jobs was looking for new members to enlarge your company.
40 years stored in a warehouse
In 1979, Steve tried to recruit a new worker for Apple Computer. And for this, he gave her his business card. We don’t know if this person got to work with both Steves or not, but what we do know is that saved the card and gave it to him a year later Alfred DiBlasinow known for having a varied YouTube channel on technology, travel, and vlogging, which he has maintained since 2006.
DiBlasi had forgotten about the card, even though he kept it securely inside protective plastic. A few weeks ago, discovered it in his warehouse and made a video telling the story. Now, Steve Jobs’s business card, the one that was given to his friend when the genius was still nobody, will go up for auction soon at the RR Auction house. Bidding will start at 300 dollars, even if the sale is expected to close for several thousand dollars when the term ends on March 17. We do not know the price that a product as unknown as that could reach, but we do have information on some of the computers of the time. Recently, An Apple I was auctioned for $500,000, starting from 200,000. Some were also sold. schemes of the Apple II, written by Steve Wozniackwhich reached $630,000 in 2020.
