Be the only one on the forum to own a piece of Apple history - Apple W.A.L.T on eBay

[OWC Jamie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-Rare-Apple-...ltDomain_0&hash=item2ebc2495a3#ht_2162wt_108

Never seen one for sale before.

[GGD]

Found more detailed pictures of another version of it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/sets...232817140/

It looks like it also had a 20MB Hard drive in it. Seems like the Mac portion of it might have been derived from the PowerBook 100.

[SteveO]

Very cool.

[hal]

cool relic, but it really looks like a crappy product. Some prototypes never go anywhere for good reason...

If steve killed the newton, imagine what he'd do to THIS thing if it was around when he returned...

[mattkime]

that thing has such a weird history - mainly that it appears to have no history as far as the inter webs are concerned.

[Speedy]

Is Steve returning? Must be why AAPL is up so much.

hal wrote:
If steve killed the newton, imagine what he'd do to THIS thing if it was around when he returned...

[olnacl]

I LIKED my Newton!

[freeradical]

$8000

[mikebw]

Never heard of that one before. Looks like it was announced about a year before I got into computers so I never read about it.

A copy of the auction description for posterity:

"Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.Item number: 200725009827

I have decided it's time to let go of the jewel of my collection. The W.A.LT. is an incredibly rare find and will make your collection the envy of all the Apple fanatics out there. Apple introduced W.A.LT. at 1993's MacWorld Boston yet never made it available to the public. The revolutionary product's acronym stands for Wizzy Active Lifestyle Telephone. This device featured a high-resolution touch screen LCD w/ stylus, hand writing recognition, fax, address book, caller ID, online banking, speakerphone, message pad, and personalized ring tones. Clearly a device way ahead of it's time.

The W.A.LT. ran Mac OS 6.0.8 with Hypercard in place of the Finder. It was co-developed with Bell South. It also has hidden support for external SCSI and VGA out. This rare model (#68) is one of the few prototypes in existence. I even have an printed manual from Apple! Back in 2008 PC World published a list of the "Top 15 Vaporware Products of All Time". The W.A.LT. was #1.

This device is in excellent condition for a prototype. I'm more a collector then a tech so I'm not the tinkering type. Both the screen and the hard drive work sporadically. It seems quite apparent that there are some loose connections. Though I'm selling the device as is, I feel confident that someone could get inside this and have it working consistently in no time. It has been fully functional. This is an incredible device and I hope to find a good home for it."