14 DAY TRIAL // eBay is auctioning a true piece of Apple history - a Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, or "TAM", in pristine condition, that’s currently fetching $5,501 after a total of 27 bids.
Existing in very limited numbers, the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh was introduced in the spring of 1997 and sold for $7,499.
It was Jony Ive’s first major project with Apple, marking his debut as the company’s designing guru for years to come.
It is known that Apple only made 12,000 of these computers. but had a release run of 11,601. The remaining 399 were kept for spare parts.
The unit sold on eBay at the moment comes with framed copies of the original purchase receipts, according to its seller.
The system will arrive to whomever will win the bid in one large box, with four smaller boxes inside. These will contain the accessories, the keyboard, the system itself and the subwoofer.
“It is not uncommon to see parts of a used TAM for sale on eBay or elsewhere, [but] rarely is a complete system with all original accessories and packaging, and a new sealed system is unheard of,” the seller stresses.
“Don't miss out on a chance to own a genuine piece of Apple history!!!”, he adds.
The TAM’s technical specifications include:
Processor: PowerPC 603e running at 250 MHz. Memory: 32MB of RAM expandable to 128 MB via two DIMM slots, 256k L2 cache. Display: back-lit 12.1" active-matrix LCD screen was capable of 24-Bit color at 800x600 Drives: 1.44 MB floppy drive, 4x CD-ROM (max speed available for vertical drives) Expansion: 1 PCI slot, Communications slot for an ethernet card or internal modem. Also comes with an integrated TV/FM Radio System, and S-Video Input.
Supported operating systems include:
Mac OS: Mac OS 7.61-8.0 Rhapsody: Rhapsody for PowerPC CR1. Windows: 3.1-95, NT via PC compatiblity card or via emulation OpenStep: all versions (commonly 4.2) via emulation or PC compatiblity card. BeOS: all releases. ProDOS: ProDOS 8 via emulation. GS/OS: System 6.01 via emulation.