Eleven original proof pages for the Apple-1 Operation Manual from the collection of third Apple co-founder Ron Wayne, representing 11 of the 15 pages for the manual, individually signed in black felt tip by Ronald Wayne over his embossed personal seal. This set includes the front cover, which features the original Apple Computer Co. logo designed by Wayne, as well as pages with an introduction and set-up instructions, system monitor commands, the "continued" page for the "6502 Hex Monitor Listing" (an innovative memory program devised by Steve Wozniak which is commonly called the 'Woz Monitor'), hardware notes, specification sheet, and warranty page. Proofs for pages 5, 9, and the two fold-out schematics (pages 10 and 11) are not known to still exist. Each 8.5 x 11 page is protected in a 13 x 16 frame. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by ten signed letters of authenticity from Wayne, individually enumerating each page and certifying it as "an original, proof copy from the original which I, Ronald G. Wayne, created for the Apple Computer Apple-1 Operation Manual. This further certifies that the original from which this proof copy was reproduced, was created personally by the undersigned, in early 1976, and that since the original drawing had been delivered to Mr. Steve Jobs, this copy has been held in my personal possession. I have only ever had one copy of the document, after I completed the original for Mr. Jobs in 1976, and this is that proof copy."
Ronald Wayne was Apple's third co-founder, along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, receiving a 10% stake in the company upon its formation. He was to be the tie-breaker between the 'two Steves' and act as the 'adult in the room'-at age 41, he had much more practical business experience than Jobs and Woz, then 21 and 25. Wayne's principal acts were writing the original partnership agreement, illustrating the first Apple logo (Isaac Newton under a tree with an apple dangling overhead), and authoring the Apple-1 operating manual. Citing risk aversion, Wayne infamously relinquished his equity only weeks later for the sum of $800.
From the personal computer-history collection of Roger Wagner.
