BitHistory recently attended an Estate Sale where we found a very nice original Apple II REV0 system which we purchased. This is one of the earliest original Apple II’s we’ve seen, with a very low four-digit (19xx) serial number, and is now the oldest original Apple II in our collection. The Apple II. Conceived and developed by the iconic duo of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, the Apple II, first released in April 1977, remains a symbol of innovation, creativity, and the birth of the modern computing era. The Apple […]

Last weekend BitHistory picked up a total of 5 lots of items. 2 Pickups in Pennsylvania, 2 in Ohio, and 1 in Delaware. Was a good mixture of Commodore 64, Apple II, Digital Equipment Corp., and IBM PC related items. Lots of hardware, and lots of books, manuals, and software that will be considered for archival.

By: Joshua Coleman “This project came to fruition after collective tinkering sessions with my Apple II and various communications technologies that I use to interface the Apple II with the modern web. It’s pretty straightforward and I can imply (or just imagine) that this kind of set up was likely used as the earliest newsroom technology when the communications networks were strictly between institutions like communications between the AP and, say, the Washington Post.” Read the article here, or watch the video!

A recent archival by BitHistory. “An Apple Christmas: Get A Great Gift, Then Get A Great Deal (Apple II Brochure)” https://archive.org/details/apple_brochure_anapplechristmasgetagreatgiftthengetagreatdeal