The story was first published on February 10, 2022, during a Zoom meeting on the occasion of the World Computer Day. Even his signature can cost a fortune due to its rarity. It was considered difficult to realize that Jobs was the person who written it, since the Apple co-founder rarely write anything on paper. While Jobs never admitted that he wrote them, this time, the secret for why he did it will forever remain unsolved. Three months later, the PSA managed to find name of the person whose handwriting was on those boards.Īccording to the PSA, that delivered the answer to Baqué, it was no other than the late Steve Jobs himself who penned those numbers. The most difficult thing was collecting the samples, since the motherboards with the written serial numbers are extremely rare. Since each and every serial number was written in black permanent marker, it was not difficult to investigate the samples. The PSA then began evaluating the each and every samples, and match them with other writing samples, in order to identify various characteristics in the handwriting, including the slant, flow, pen pressure and letter size. To do this, he flew from Germany to the U.S by bringing two Apple-1 computers with him, and lend them to PSA, a handwriting authentication company dealing mainly in sports cards. It was Achim Baqué, the creator of the Apple-1 Registry, the database that records every known Apple-1 computer, who was determined to find the answer for this long-standing question. This was when fans started theorizing, that it was Byte Shop, which had purchased the first 50 Apple-1 computers, was the one that wrote it.īut after contacting its owner, Paul Terrel, he too denied writing anything on the Apple-1 motherboards.
Other known people who were involved in the making of the motherboards also remained silent.
Daniel Kottke, who assembled and tested some of the boards, also denied it. Co-founder Steve Wozniak who designed the motherboard also said he didn't do it. (Credit: Apple-1 Registry)Īpple co-founder Steve Jobs supposedly said it wasn't him who wrote it. Apple 1 computer's motherboard showing a handwritten serial number.
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