This is my latest Apple 1 creation, built in similar fashion to the Richard Garriott Apple 1 built in 2005, but in this version, the keyboard is detached. This version also has a raised platform for the power transformers, allowing the interconnection wiring to remain mostly hidden, and wider sides with drilled holes for the eventual addition of a full enclosure to be made of tempered glass or plastic... The Garriott Apple 1 had a single 1/4" plastic plate to cover the computer, and although it looked nice, I was not completely happy with that approach, as it left the sides exposed to wandering fingers. I also prefer the detached keyboard for display purposes. This Apple 1 will be completed early 2007 and will include the cassette interface board (seen in the photos). 

I have only one more Apple 1 in unassembled form, which I plan to complete in 2007. Most likely, I will build some sort of wooden display cabinet for that one, but not anything like the crappy looking one everyone associates with an early Apple 1. What I have in mind is more like the way Edison always mounted his inventions... like this, but with a nice glass cover. Who knows. I guess I'll burn that bridge when I cross it!

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