(CNN) – Someone shelled out nearly $800,000 for a rare Apple II computer manual signed by Steve Jobs and one of Apple’s angel investors in 1980. RR Auction said it was originally owned by someone ...

A rare manual for an Apple II Computer signed by co-founder Steve Jobs in 1980 sold at auction for nearly $800,000. According to the site RR Auction, based in Boston, the reference manual signed by ...

Photo: RR Auction An old, spiral-bound, somewhat stained Apple II computer manual from 1980 went under the hammer at auction the other day. When all was said and done, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim ...

Why it matters: The instruction manual for one of the world's oldest digital computers has been unearthed. With it, researchers now have a complete understanding of how the early computer functioned.

In the olden days—say, the 1980s—if you bought a piece of technology, a paperback user guide came with it. It was the manufacturer's one big chance to explain its engineers' thinking to you, to ...

If you are interested in how a computer works at the hardware grass-roots level, past all the hardware and software abstractions intended to make them easier to use, you can sometimes find yourself ...