A reference manual for the Apple II computer, inscribed in 1980 by Steve Jobs, was auctioned in Boston for $ 787.5 thousand, CNN reports. In a 196-page manual, Steve Jobs wrote: “Julian, your generation is the first to grow up with computers. Change the world! Steve Jobs, 1980 “. The rarity also has the signature of Mike Markkula, one of the first Apple investors.
According to the auction house RR Auction, the inscription was made during the trip of Steve Jobs and Mike Markkula to the UK with the aim of increasing sales of Apple products there. On that trip, they visited the home of an Apple distributor in the UK. They met his son Julian, who was fond of creating games on the Apple II, and they signed him their autographs on the manual for this computer. A rare copy was purchased at auction by the owner of the professional football club “Indianapolis Colts” Jim Ersey. “When we remember the greatest and most innovative minds of the last two centuries, we should certainly include Steve Jobs among them,” said Mr. Ersey. “Jobs was a real transformative person who changed the way people think, do business, and carry out day-to-day interactions.”
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