Private website of Achim Baqué
This is the private website of Achim Baqué, a collector and researcher of historically significant computers. My main fields of interest are Apple-1 computers, early microcomputers, Cray supercomputers, large storage systems, provenance research and the preservation of important computer history.
I maintain the Apple-1 Registry and the Kenbak-1 Registry, and my collection includes original Apple-1 computers, a Cray-1S, the prototype Kenbak-1, Apple Disk Drive S/N 2, early microcomputers, mainframe artefacts, historic hard disks, software, manuals and related documentation.
This website introduces my collection, my research and my other interests to like-minded people. It is entirely ad-free, uses no cookies, does not track visitors, and is hosted within the European Union.
If you own or know of a historically important computer, documentation, software, photographs or provenance information, please contact me. Messages and photographs are treated confidentially.
Gigantic IBM 360/75 console
Mainframe artefacts, rare computers and historically significant systems from my private collection.
8 of my original Apple-1 computers
Original Apple-1 computers, Apple-1 Registry work and Apple-1 provenance research.
Daniel Kottke and me
Apple history, personal meetings and provenance research connected to early Apple computers.
Woz signing my Scardino Apple-1
A special moment: Woz signing my Scardino Apple-1 after our dinner together.
Director Wolfgang M. Heckl and me
Copson Apple-1 handover at the Deutsches Museum Munich, with kind permission of the Deutsches Museum.
John Blankenbaker, the Kenbak-1 prototype and me
Visiting John Blankenbaker with my Kenbak-1 prototype in 2018.
CRAY-1S
CRAY-1S serial number 53, one of the major highlights of the collection.
Extremely rare RGS 008A
An exceptionally rare early computer preserved as part of the collection.
Librascope 48" and Bryant 39"
Historic large hard disks from the early age of computer storage.
Some of my Apple-1 manuals
Original Apple-1 manuals, documentation and related historical paper artefacts.
Micral S
Rare European microcomputer history in the collection.
PDP-8 Straight
A classic DEC minicomputer and landmark system in computer history.
JOLT
An extremely rare early microcomputer system.
Complete IBM 3380 AD/AE
A giant IBM mainframe storage system and one of the most impressive storage artefacts in the collection.
NASA Viking Spacecraft Simulator
Space-related computing and test equipment from the history of exploration.
Driving a dinghy in Antarctica
Driving around a friend from the USA in a dinghy in Antarctica.
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About me
I am a private collector and researcher from Germany, curator of the Apple-1 Registry since 2018, and interested in the preservation of early computing history. My main focus is not nostalgia, but the historical significance, provenance and stories behind these machines.
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