Old sandals of the founder of Apple sold at auction for 218 thousand dollars (2 photos)

Worn Birkenstock flip flops owned by Steve Jobs went under the hammer for 218 thousand 700 dollars with a starting estimate of 60-80 thousand.





It is noted that the founder of Apple wore these sandals in 1970s-1980s, when he worked with Steve Wozniak to create first computer in a garage in Los Altos, California, media reported.



The Apple I is the first personal computer, developed by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1976.

According to the auction house, sandals from the trash bin got Mark Sheff, who worked at Jobs' house. Shoes are well preserved the rubber outsole was slightly worn, but the cork insole retained Jobs' footprint, auction house Julien's says Auctions where they sold sandals.





PS: By the way, Steve Jobs wore down more than one pair of sandals before we saw Apple devices in their modern form.

The Apple II is the first computer mass-produced by Apple. Apple Computer for commercial purposes, was born only in 1977 year.

Apple II was equipped with a MOS Technology processor at a clock frequency of 1 MHz and had a RAM of 4 KB, which is 500 thousand times less than the modern iPhone:



In 1983, Apple released the Apple Lisa computer with integrated screen and user interface, to which included the first Apple mouse. However, it cost 10 thousand dollars, therefore never sold:



And right after it, in 1984, a portable computer appeared. Apple Iic, which, however, did not have a battery, so it could only work from socket:



The Apple founder passed away on October 5, 2011 after a long illness.