Image Gallery: Building an Apple-I Replica From Scratch

Image Gallery: Building an Apple-I Replica From Scratch

At KansasFest 2009, held July 21 to 26 in Kansas City, Mo., retrocomputing fans from around the world gathered to celebrate the Apple II, the computer that launched Apple Computer Inc. to fame.

But going back even further than that is the Apple-1 (a.k.a. the Apple I or the Apple 1), the machine Steve Wozniak invented and first demonstrated at the Palo Alto Homebrew Computer Club in 1976.

In attendance at KansasFest was Vince Briel, who has created an authorized reproduction of this classic machine. Briel's Replica 1 sells for $149 and comes as an unassembled kit. He held a workshop at KansasFest to help new owners put together their own working Apple-1 machines.

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There are 18 pages of images detailing the process of building your own replica. I'm not much of a hardware hacker, but this is just too cool.

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The Replica 1 includes 88 component parts. There's also a packing list and instruction manual to help you unpack and assemble the machine.