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Apple- the company with an bited apple as a logo, is the most important compay who producing computers and operating systems.

The first computer was born in 1976 with the following configuration:

CPU: MOS Technology 6502

CPU Speed: 1 MHz

FPU: none

Bus Speed: 1 MHz

Data Path Width: 8 bit

Address Width: 8 bit

Onboard RAM: 8 kB

Maximum RAM: 32 kB

The Apple I was Steven Wozniak’s first contribution to the personal computer field. It was designed over a period of years, and was only built in printed circuit-board form when Steve Jobs insisted it could be sold. It debuted in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, but few took it seriously. The Apple I was based on the MOStek 6502 chip, whereas most other “kit” computers were built from the Intel 8080. The Apple I was sold through several small retailers, and included only the circuit board. A tape-interface was sold separately, but you had to build the case. The Apple I’s initial cost was $666.66

Very expensive for that period, and for now.

But the asscension of Apple was huge since 1979, when Apple II was born.