Note the handwritten serial number at bottom right. That added urgency to the task of accurately figuring out who wrote those numbers. So Apple 1 computers that he wrote on could also see an increase in value. Given the rarity of Jobs autographs, they’re super-valuable to collectors. And it turned out to be a pretty tricky mystery to solve.Although Steve Jobs denied writing the serial numbers, they appeared to match his handwriting. And so did Paul Terrell, who bought 50 of the computers for the Byte Shop in Mountain View, California.So Achim Baqué, who maintains the Apple-1 Registry - a list of all Apple 1 computers - set about cracking the case. The friend of Jobs who assembled and tested some of the boards, Daniel Kottke, said the same. The mystery of the handwritten Apple 1 serial numbersīoth Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak said they didn’t write the serial numbers. But did you know some of those surviving antiques carry an enduring mystery? For decades no one could figure out who wrote the serial numbers on their circuit boards. Some old Apple-1 circuit boards have a handwritten serial number and some don’t Photo: Achim Baqué, Apple-1 Registryįrom time to time you hear about Apple’s first computer, the Apple 1, selling to collectors at auction for big bucks.
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