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> The team at the museum read the contents of this EPROM and used it to set up a second, less historic Apple I. That one, which has had its power components mod
by laumars 10y ago
> The team at the museum read the contents of this EPROM and used it to set up a second, less historic Apple I. That one, which has had its power components modified to be a little less prone to catching fire or warping the circuit board, will now be available in this primed state for anyone to play with. Yes, anyone — the only operational Apple I on the planet right now, and your kid can type “butts” on it with fingers still greasy from the sandwich they got across the street.
While the Apple I is rare, I'm pretty sure the one described above isn't the _only_ operational Apple I on the planet. I say that because I've seen a few differently housed ones on YouTube.
That all said, it's still amazing that this museum allows anyone to play on one of theirs. That article made me want to visit America just to visit that museum.
- bemmu 10y agoVisiting this museum was the highlight of my SF trip. When it closed, I had only explored half of it, and decided to spend another day of my stay in there.
- uiri 10y agoThe museum described in the Tech Crunch article is located in Seattle. Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Computer History museum? The CHM is much larger although much less interactive.
- Scuds 10y agoThis is the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, WA vs. the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA (which has the crudely cut wooden case with Apple on it). There's a little bit of 'History as told by Redmond' vs. 'History as told by Silicon Valley' but both are MUST visits if you're in their respective areas. The LCM is right by the Starbucks HQ, which is its own weird little visit.