The Apple-1 Registry

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Note: This is the 28th entry in the list and not the 28th Apple-1 produced. The Apple-1 does not have a regular serial number. Only some Apple-1 got a handwritten serial number.

'VCF midwest demo' Apple-1 - number 28 in the Registry

1 picture published.

Version

1st batch
Wave-soldered mainboard

Serial number, stamp, label

backside unknown

Location

USA

Verification

Only rumors.

Condition

Working condition

History

A unit has been operated at VCF Midwest for the past few years.
Also shown at K'Fest in 2013, where WOZ signed it.
Displayed at VCF East.
This unit was operating for a long time with a monitor and BASIC on a breadboard because it was missing the original PROMs.
It also ran for a long time with an Apple II power supply.
Replacement PROMs have been found, as well as the large Sprague capacitors, so the unit now looks as it did when originally shipped.
Mike Willegal discussed the history of the unit with the owner at VCF East in 2014. This unit came from an early Apple employee. It was probably a unit that had been traded in, rather than one of the unbuilt units. All unbuilt units are NTI versions, and this one is without the NTI logo. Why it was originally missing critical components remains a bit of a mystery.


Auctions

no auction
(see History for more information)


Components

Plastic CPU, plastic PIA, 4 KB plastic DRAM. Blue capacitors.


State

Very good.


Last update

Jul 29, 2025


Change log (since March 20, 2018)

May 16, 2019: Verification status
May 23, 2019: Description of picture(s)/video(s)
Nov 16, 2021: Working condition
Jul 29, 2025: History


Change log for all Apple-1.


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