A California woman was recently clearing out her garage and has thrown away $200,000 of computing
history. The unidentified woman left an intact Apple 1 desktop, one of around
200 built by Apple founders Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne, at CleanBay Area recycling center in April.
Concealed inside boxes filled
with electronics owned by her recently deceased husband, the machine was only
discovered by Clean Bay Area staff a few weeks after the woman dropped it off.
The recycling center — which
swiftly sold the rare computer to a collector for almost a quarter of a million
dollars — is now trying to find her to give her a 50 percent cut of the profits
as per its policy.
Victor Gichun, vice president
of the center, said he could remember the woman's face, but the search would be
difficult because she didn't leave a tax receipt or any contact details. All he
can say for sure is that the mysterious woman who junked one of the world's
most famous computers drives an SUV.
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