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Mystery Woman Discards Apple I Computer at Recycling Center

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday June 04 2015, @08:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the say-what??? dept.

"gewg_" writes:

The San Jose Mercury News reports

A South Bay [Milpitas, California] recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne in 1976.

The recycling firm sold the Apple I this month for $200,000 to a private collection, Vice President Victor Gichun said. And now, because company policy is to split proceeds 50-50 with the donor, he's looking for the mystery woman who refused to get a receipt or leave her name.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:40AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday June 04 2015, @09:40AM (#191970) Journal

    Because it illustrates how people don't do due diligence in their doings. Throwing away perfectly useful stuff tends to be one of those things.

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  • (Score: 2) by Ryuugami on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:12AM

    by Ryuugami (2925) on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:12AM (#191980)

    Throwing away perfectly useful stuff tends to be one of those things.

    In this case, not so much "perfectly useful" as "antique"...

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    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday June 04 2015, @11:26AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday June 04 2015, @11:26AM (#192002) Journal

      I'd consider something that I can sell for $200,000 as useful. But maybe you don't consider money useful?

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      • (Score: 2) by Ryuugami on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:43PM

        by Ryuugami (2925) on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:43PM (#192122)

        I guess you could also put it that way...

        It's just that I don't consider selling something as using it. If it was, every shop would be a second-hand shop. Also, there could be some confusion with "sell" and "use" commands in games.

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