Re: Free Apple I's - Why was Initial Price set at $666.66 ? From: Moose@rocknet.net.au To: Cturley2@aol.com Date: 6/15/99 --------------------------- WOW !! Thanks for the info Tom. I remember wondering in the early 80's why they had chosen the 666.66. It's nice to finally know ! Moose At 00:24 14/06/99 EDT, you wrote: >Hi Mike, >Why wait for me to get off of my old pokey mode to post the correct answer >that Woz told me, when I asked him why? > >Here goes and hey...you can even post it to the newsgroup if you would. I'm >just not in a proper mood now to make any such post. > > >Back in 1996, during one of my visits to his office to discuss the goings on >with the A2 worlds current state, I asked Woz - Why was the Apple 1, priced >for sale at $666.66? I then interjected with the comment -> surely it's not >something that has to do with the number of the beast or some such satanic >meaning is it? > >He laughed and told me that when he and Jobs came to an agreement on the >retail sales price for the Apple 1 of $666.66 - he didn't even realize that >the 666 number was in any way related to Satan and it had nothing to do at >all with the '666' number of the beast or anything pertaining to satanic >stuff. He said: "I simply like triple digit numbers with all the things I'm >involved with, the cost of making the Apple 1 was around $540 or there a >bouts and we agreed on the best markup, retail price above the cost of >building it, which worked out to $666. > >Jobs then tacked on the 66 cents to make it an eye-catcher price for the ads >with the sale and promotion publications of it to the public. > >Another interesting side fact I asked him also was why did you found Apple >Computer on April Fools day. He replied that it was not founded on 4/1 at >all, but that the Corp. papers were file around 4/4 or perhaps even on 4/5 >and he doesn't know where the rumor of Apple Computer being founded on 'April >Fools Day' came from, nor just who got that rumor started, but, his Corp. >filing papers for the Incorperation of Apple Computer were dated several days after 4/1. > >So there you have the facts and the truth of it all - as told to me face to >face by Woz back in 1996. > >Take care and have a great week. > >Cheers, >Tom