Apple I Comes Back To Life In Italy

Apple I, a computer that back in the 1970′s was sold by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Jobs’ garage at $666.66, and was the first machine to come with 8K of RAM, was bought by Italian entrepreneur Marco Boglione, a long-time Apple user and fan who spent €150,000 to buy the #82 copy of the original Apple I. The item includes the original motherboard, manual and a letter from Steve Jobs, but no screen or keyboard.

The computer was rebooted for the first time in years today after an initial technical issue that was fixed in a couple of minutes. After starting up, the Apple I displayed its usual list of random characters, the typical blinking cursor and then, after running a simple BASIC program, a sort of “Hello World” message.