At the recent Retro Computer Festival,Early Apple figure and Macintosh legend Daniel Kottke showed off a replica of the Apple 1.This replica is equipped with a modern Wi-Fi module and is therefore capable of running the latest ChatGPT. Kottke was not only an early employee of Apple, but also participated in the development of Apple II, Apple III, and Macintosh prototypes, and was a college friend of Steve Jobs.
The Apple 1 was originally released in 1976, equipped with a 1MHz processor, 4KB of memory and 256 bytes of storage. It was mainly aimed at the enthusiast market and sold for $666.66, equivalent to $3,700 today.
Although expensive, the Apple 1 had a short life cycle, being replaced by the Apple II just three years later, with only about 200 units sold in total.
Today, the Apple I still occupies a place in computing history, and original Apple Is that have maintained their functionality have sold for more than $300,000 at auction.
The hardware of Kottke's replica consists of just a few integrated circuits and is capable of accessing modern Internet technology via a modern Wi-Fi module.
This project also demonstrates the powerful advantages of modern cloud computing. Even the oldest systems can take advantage of AI technology as long as they are connected to the Internet.
