(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 ...

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 ...

This month, my Scientific American column described the evolution of documentation for our tech products. You no longer get a printed user guide in the box; meanwhile, the computer-book industry ...

If you`re like most computer users, the shelving around your computer system holds your favorite pieces of software, some spare diskettes and maybe a joystick or mouse. But the well-stocked computer ...

Recognizing historical significance was once the domain of librarians and museum curators, but with the meteoric rise of the memorabilia industry, a little foresight and patience can make you a lot of ...

On the face of it, the spiral-bound Apple II manual from decades ago doesn’t look anything special. It even has “a few small stains on the front cover,” according to Boston-based RR Auction, which ...

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 ...