Woman unknowingly tosses a first-gen Apple computer worth $200,000 at a recycling center

A recycling center in Silicon Valley is looking for a mystery woman who unknowingly dropped off a rare, first-generation Apple computer that fetched $200,000 at a private auction. The woman was reportedly cleaning her late husband’s garage when she came across the Apple I, Apple’s first computer that was hand-assembled by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976. The computer came with just 4KB of memory, and originally sold for $600. Only about 200 of this model was ever made. Clean Bay Area recycling center vice president Victor Gichun said the woman dropped off several boxes of electronics,…

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