I usually work the show with my family, but this year I am off the hook so that I can display an exhibit. Since I already know my table is across from Lee Felsenstein, I thought I might display one of my Sol-20 machines that dates to Christmas 1976, but it's Apple's 50th anniversary, so I have to grab my original Apple-1 from storage and do an exhibit around it. The last time we had my original Apple-1 running at VCF East was 10 years ago for the 40th anniversary.
If anyone is attending VCF East in Wall NJ, on April 17th to 19th, stop by to say hello. My exhibit will be up on Saturday, the 18th, and Sunday, the 19th.
Hi Corey, hope to visit you at VCF East. I have a blank ACI pcb for you, one of Uncle Bernie's latest.
Would be great to attent but I live on the other side of the pond unfortunately...
Is this an original case as well? It looks really nice!
Beautiful case and monitor!
Certainly wish I could attend. I'd love to see some of those machines in person.
Yes, this is an original ByteShop sold case. Luckily for me, it was kept in a temperature-controlled finished attic in San Jose from the late 70's till I acquired it over 10 years ago, so the case doesn't have any of the typical stress cracks where the wood "bends" in the top.
You can see a video here someone made of the last time I demonstrated the Apple-1 at VCF East in April 2016.
https://youtu.be/IDkGHYK1cd8?si=tMZW3ZuYEE1khAwY
Is your case Koa wood or Walnut? I'm curious because I saw a post from Charles Pfister on the Apple II Facebook group claiming to have made all the original cases and they were walnut. He said the Wigginton's cases were thrown out by Mr. Moody and were never paid for or used by Steve Jobs. He also mentioned he was the expert you contacted about Apple 1 cases.
Justin
I have no idea. I was told it was Koa wood until Charles said it wasn't. I do know the case is original, and as I'm not a wood expert, I honestly couldn't tell you.
Here is a picture of the unfinished underside.
byteshop_case_underside.png