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$100K Waiting For Mystery Woman Who Left Rare Computer At Silicon Valley Recycler

CleanBayArea of Milpitas wants to split the $200,000 proceeds for the vintage Apple-1.

FILE PHOTO: Apple-1 computer. Credit: Michael Hicks

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A Silicon Valley recycling company is looking to give $100,000 to a mystery woman who dropped off a rare desktop computer in April.

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The unidentified woman left an original Apple-1 computer, one of the 1976 machines built by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Rob Wayne, at CleanBayArea in Milpitas in April, according to a report in Gizmodo.

CleanBayArea reports a collector purchased the rare find for $200,000, and the e-waste outfit wants to split the windfall with the donor.

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