Ronald Wayne
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 89 |
| Date of birth | May 17,1934 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Cleveland |
| Ohio | |
| United States | |
| Founded | Apple |
| Job | Businessperson |
| Official site | ronaldgwayne.com |
| Found | Apple |
| Movies/Shows | Welcome to Macintosh |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Art and Design High School |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404679 |
Ronald Wayne Life story
Ronald Gerald Wayne is a retired American electronics industry businessman. He co-founded Apple Computer Company as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture.
Apple becomes first firm to hit $3tn market value
... Cupertino, California-based Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and his business partners Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne...
Apple's original computer fetches $400,000 at US auction
... Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple on 1 April 1976 in a garage in California...
Man found in apartment 'died three years ago'
... Ronald Wayne White s family said they had reported his absence to the authorities on numerous occasions...
Apple's original computer fetches $400,000 at US auction
An original Apple Computer built by firm co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in 1976 has fetched $400,000 (£294,990) at auction in the US.
The rare Hawaiian koa wood-cased Apple-1 - Still functioning - is one of only 200 made and sold in kit form.
The Computer has only had two owners, a college professor and his student to whom he sold The Machine for $650, said John Moran Auctioneers in California.
The sale included user manuals and Apple software on two cassette tapes.
" This is kind of the Holy Grail for vintage electronics and Computer tech collectors, " Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen told the Los Angeles Times ahead of Tuesday's auction in The City of Monrovia, near Los Angeles .
" That really makes it exciting for a lot of people. "
The koa wood case of the auctioned model was added by a pioneering early Computer retailer, ByteShop, in California, which took delivery of around 50 of The Apple -1 machines.
Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple on 1 April 1976 in a garage in California.
To help finance The Apple 1 production, Jobs sold his VW Microbus, while Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator for $500.
In 1976, The Machines were sold for $666. 66, reportedly because Wozniak liked repeating numbers.
It is believed there are around 20 such computers in The World Still capable of functioning.
The auctioned machine is not the highest-grossing Apple-1 Computer - That distinction belongs to a working version That sold for $905,000 at a Bonhams auction in New York in 2014.
Source of news: bbc.com
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