Re: Upcoming Apple II Product

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"D Finnigan" <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote in message 
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> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> Michael Black wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Sean Fahey wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It's a 12" 'Woz' action figure, with 'real' Geek-Fu Grip 
>>>> and nerdcessories; x-ray glasses, invincible pocket protector 
>>>> and infinity HP calculator. Also available: the 'Action Woz 
>>>> Volkswagen Bus' and the 'Super Secret Invention Lair' (that 
>>>> sorta looks like a garage), stocked with Apple computer crime 
>>>> fighting and adventuring gear. <sold separately> 
>>>>
>>> But they sold the van (and the calculator) to raise some 
>>> money for the first run of boards for the Apple I. 
>> 
>> Hmmm.  I thought that they sold the calculator and the van 
>> to finance blue boxes which they sold to raise money for the 
>> Apple I boards... 
> 
> I recall reading that Jobs sold his VW bus and Woz his 
> programmable HP calculator to directly finance Apple Computer. 

Go here about halfway down the page, says they sold the van and the 
calculator to directly finance the production of the Apple I computer. 

http://apple2history.org/museum/articles/byte8412/ 

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