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pscooter63 said:

Is that "Good Luck!!" on the BASIC tape?  If so, I'd love to hear the back story.

Dan Kottke identified the handwriting on the Apple BASIC tape as his.  At the Vintage Computer Festival, held earlier this month at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, Dan said it was strange that he wrote "GOOD LUCK!!" on the cassette.  He could not recall why he did that?  You might remember that Dan and Steve Jobs' sister Patty, were the first two paid Apple employees back in 1976 as they helped assemble the Apple-1s.  The Apple-1s that were sold to the public had a different lable on the cassette tape with the instructions printed on them, rather than hand written.  An interesting aside Dan shared was that he was the only person actually working in Jobs' garage.  He said Jobs was typically working in his bedroom, while sister Patty toiled away in the living room.  Since Steve Wozniak was still working at HP, he'd occasionally stop over after work.  Dan's a terrific guy and was fun to chat with.  If you get a chance to talk with him, encourage you to do it.