First Apple-1 computer signed by Steve Jobs sells at auction for huge sum – and it still works

THIS working Apple-1 computer signed by company founder Steve Jobs made £290,000 at auction.

The gizmo, one of the very first made by the tech giant in 1976, came with its instruction manual.

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This Apple-1 computer sold for a staggering £290,000 at auction[/caption]

It was sold by RR Auction in Boston, US.

Boss Bobby Livingston said: “It is not only a marvel of early computing ingenuity but also launched one of the most successful companies in the world today.”

The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists.

They eventually took the project further and built them into a complete personal computer.

Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them.

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs created the computer in 1976 with business partner Steve Wozniak[/caption]

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The Apple-1 computer was sold along with it’s original instruction manual[/caption]