The original Apple computer
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Apple-1 motherboard, number 82, printed label to reverse, with a few slightly later additions -- sold at Christie's auction house for over $200,000 in 2010. (Christie's)
About 200 units were produced in all, though Terrell only purchased the first 50 at $500 each, for a total of $25,000 -- cash on delivery. Apple would release the Apple II in 1977. (Paul Terrell)
The Byte Shop, one of the first personal computer retailers, in Mountain View, California. (Paul Terrell)
Founder Paul Terrell opened the store in 1975. (Paul Terrell)
Most hobbyist computers then were still sold as kits, but the Apple I -- seen here in a Polaroid photograph taken by Terrell himself -- was a fully assembled circuit board with over 60 chips. (Paul Terrell)
An ad for the Apple I.
To turn the Apple 1 into a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply, keyboard and display. (Paul Terrell)
The Apple 1 originally sold for $666.66. In November, <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-1-auction/">a working unit was sold at an auction</a> for around $640,000. (Paul Terrell)