Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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Technology
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An exceptionally rare, very old and fully-functional Apple computer recently sold at auction for $1.15 million, a world record for a commercially released Apple-1.
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computer → sell → Apple-1
The Apple-1, which was the very first product in the Silicon Valley-based tech giant’s history
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which → base → history
“We are delighted with this exceptional result for the ‘Hatfield’ Apple-1, one of the most important milestones in computing history,” said Ian Ehling, a director at Bonhams, an international auction house.
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Ehling → delight → Bonhams
“It was an honor to offer Apple’s first product during the company’s 50th anniversary year.”
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It → offer → year
This specific Apple-1 is special, as it has the clear signature of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on its motherboard, which is still fully functional.
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which → have → motherboard
Wozniak created the Apple-1 product himself in 1976, while his more famous co-founder Steve Jobs marketed it.
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founder → create → it
In addition to the motherboard, the auction also included a 1978 letter signed by Jobs to the computer’s original owner, Fred Hatfield, offering a trade-in upgrade to the newly released Apple II.
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auction → include → Apple
According to Bonhams, this item is listed as No. 48 on the Apple-1 Registry, making it one of fewer than 75 verified Apple-1 computers known to survive.
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it → accord → computers
Back then, Jobs met Wozniak in the 1970s through a mutual friend.
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Jobs → meet → friend
The two would go often to the Homebrew Computer Club meetings in Palo Alto to discuss personal computing, a new idea at the time.
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two → go → time
With money from selling Jobs’ Volkswagen, the two started building computers in Jobs’ parents’ garage.
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two → sell → garage
They eventually create the Apple-1.
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They → create → Apple-1
Byte Shop, one of the world’s first computer retailers in Mountain View, placed an order for 50 at $500 each after seeing the prototype in Jobs’ garage.
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Shop → place → garage
In later remarks, Wozniak described how the Apple-1 came to be.
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Wozniak → describe → remarks
“I typed a few keys on the keyboard and I was shocked!” he recalled in his memoir, iWoz.
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he → type → memoir
“I didn’t realize it at the time, but that day, Sunday, June 29, 1975, was pivotal.
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day → realize → time
It was the first time in history anyone had typed a character on a keyboard and seen it show up on the screen right in front of them.”
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it → type → them