Latest Reports indicate that a Macintosh SE computer that was used by late Steve Jobs, when he worked at NeXT in the late 1980s, has now resurfaced via a Bonhams auction.
Before building Apple into the technology giant that it has become today, Steve Jobs went through a plethora of career changes and gadgets to help maintain an efficient lifestyle and design at the highest level. And one computer that the late entrepreneur and industrial designer turned to was a Macintosh SE computer when he worked at NeXT in the late 1980s, and it has now resurfaced via a Bonhams auction.
Originally set up for his assistant in 1987/early 1988, the hard drive found in this ancient machine provides insight on Jobs’ work at NeXT as you’ll find information such as his weekly tasks, recruiting information, travel plans, private rolodex and even a missed meeting with King Charles III. It’s built with a 20MB internal hard drive, keyboard, mouse and with an additional backup hard drive.
The InterMail system is registered under the name “Lisa” and Microsoft Word was registered in 1992 under the name “Lisa / Life” which serves as an indication that his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs used it when she visited the office.
Bonhams is currently auctioning off the device with a starting bid at $200K USD and the auction closes on October 25.
Steve Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California, home around 3 p.m. (PDT) on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.