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Buy the first Apple Macintosh Plus ever, owned by Gene Roddenberry
Buy the first Apple Macintosh Plus ever, owned by Gene Roddenberry
Geek explosion! Profiles in History is set to auction off the first Apple Macintosh Plus, serial number 0001, which was given to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry by Apple. Man, tell people that George Lucas wrote the first Star Wars draft on this thing and you've got the trifecta. It'll be ...
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Gene Roddenberry's 1984 Original Macintosh for Sale [Star Trek]
Gizmodo — ... Profiles in History—who got all their facts wrong in their press release, hopefully not the bit about this being Roddenberry's computer—is going to auction the computer and the extra floppy drive at the beginning of October. It has an estimated sale price of $800 to $1200, which seems quite cheap, knowing who the owner was. [Dvice] ...

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