Gene Roddenberry’s First Mac Plus...

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Profiles in History announced Thursday that it will be auctioning the first Mac Plus to roll off the assembly line. Given to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry by Apple as a gift, the unit has the serial number F4200NUM0001 (see photo below). Profiles in History is a firm that specialized in auctioning Hollywood memorabilia.

The firm said that the auction will include a signed letter of provenance from Rod Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry's son. The Mac is Lot # 626 in the Featured Auction 37, which is being conducted on October 8-9, 2009. Profiles in History estimated the Mac to go for US$800-$1,200.

For the Trek nerds among us, there are a number of uniforms and props from the Star Trek franchise also being offered in the auction.

Gene Roddenberry's First Mac Plus (Serial # 0001) to be Auctioned | News | The Mac Observer

 

[xan_user]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daoV-LsINiA]YouTube - I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!![/ame]
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[hyson]

Wow! That brings back some insane memories.

 

[DAB]

Wow! That brings back some insane memories.

Tell me about it and to think how far we have come since then.

I purchased my first IBM back in 1988 I think it had 8mb of ram. LOL

 

[xan_user]

Tell me about it and to think how far we have come since then.

I purchased my first IBM back in 1988 I think it had 8mb of ram. LOL

heh- thats a bit after I got my first apple.

 

[jef]

I have a Plus about 7 feet to the left of me. I'm not the original owner, but I've had it for close to 10 years. I have quite a few older Macs hanging around - they were really fun to play with. Problem is that the really old models are getting hard to maintain these days.

 

[hyson]

Did anyone else use the old skool program "Turtle"?

Pen down, left 5. Pen up.

 

[jef]

Did anyone else use the old skool program "Turtle"?

Pen down, left 5. Pen up.

Haha - my first exposure to a Mac was in college. No Turtle for me... it was MacWrite!

 

[xan_user]

countless hours spent on the IIc+ playing connan.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTkRXKPXq4]YouTube - Conan: Hall of Volta; fast playthrough; Apple II[/ame]

 

[memebag]

Did anyone else use the old skool program "Turtle"?

Pen down, left 5. Pen up.

Do you mean Logo? That's a functional programming language that uses turtle graphics.

 

[hyson]

Do you mean Logo? That's a functional programming language that uses turtle graphics.

That was probably it. I was waaaay young when I used it. All I remember doing is drawing lopsided-ass boxes.

 

[Casual Fan]

countless hours spent on the IIc+ playing connan.

YouTube - Conan: Hall of Volta; fast playthrough; Apple II

Me too; only it was on the Commodore 64!

 

[hyson]

Me too; only it was on the Commodore 64!

Pshhhh, but did you have a wrist watch that was also a calculator?

Hmm? hmm? Didn't think so.


/Red Dragons.

 

[memebag]

I had one of these: