Apple's early days: Documents on display

If you are both history buff and Apple fan, you're going to love the latest exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley (just a stone's throw from the GooglePlex, for the geography buffs reading, too.)

A post on Apple Insider excerpts the documents, including the warning to investors that the company was new, without an established history to base forecasts, and was led by a "young and relatively inexperienced" management team. The business plan laid out details about the products, pricing and sales strategies. (see image)

The 1977 document, called the Preliminary Confidential Offering Memorandum, was donated to the museum by Mike Markkula, one of the company's first investors. The 1981 business plan document was donated by Dan Kottke, the company's first employee.

The documents can be downloaded from the Computer History Museum site.