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The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple ][ or Apple //) was the first popular microcomputer manufactured by Apple Computer. Its direct ancestor was the Apple I, a circuit board computer for hobbyists that was never produced in quantity but which pioneered many of the features that made the Apple II a success. Introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in 1977, the Apple II was one of the very first and most successful personal computers. A number of different models were sold, and the most popular model was manufactured, with relatively minor changes, into the 1990s. By the end of its production, 2 million Apple IIs were produced.
Unlike any other machine before it, the Apple II looked more like an appliance than a piece of electronic test equipment. This was a computer that would not seem out of place in the home, on a manager's desk, or in a classroom. The lid popped easily off the beige plastic case, allowing access to the entire motherboard and inviting users to look inside and tinker with the computer's eight expansion slots and its bounty of empty RAM sockets, which could hold up to 48 kilobytes of memory.
Also unique for its time were the machine's color and high-resolution graphics modes (which could be used on an ordinary television), its sound capabilities, and its built-in BASIC programming language. Compared to earlier machines, these features were well-documented and easy to learn. The Apple II thus marked the beginning of the personal computer revolution: it was a machine for the masses, not just hobbyists, scientists, and engineers. The Apple II's influence was widespread; most of the machines that followed imitated many aspects of the successful machine.
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Apple really needs to let me listen to the entire song before I purchase. Thanks a lot, Coldplay, for Life in Technicolour and the ii vers!
ethanwc (ethanwc) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:46 -0000
Apple really needs to let me listen to the entire song before I purchase. Thanks a lot, Coldplay, for Life in Technicolour and the ii vers!
one of my favorite movies Trading Places (1983) featuring #Apple II xmas ad in WallStreetJournal http://post.ly/FHU1
snwcrsh (marcus wagner) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:49:26 -0000
one of my favorite movies Trading Places (1983) featuring #Apple II xmas ad in WallStreetJournal http://post.ly/FHU1
@djerockalypze wasn't that on the o.g. apple II?
ScarecrowBeats (Lorenzo Gutierrez) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:59:59 -0000
@djerockalypze wasn't that on the o.g. apple II?
Makes me wonder what hardware will be like in 10 yrs. I still remember going from IBM -> Apple Mac II -> Pentium III. haha
j_pan (Jeff Pan) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:44:38 -0000
Makes me wonder what hardware will be like in 10 yrs. I still remember going from IBM -> Apple Mac II -> Pentium III. haha
@thedavidcook- Music The Best of Boyz II Men - ... - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/20th-century-masters-the-best-boyz/id19815844 #iTunes
mobeam (Merica Bench ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:46:21 -0000
@thedavidcook- Music The Best of Boyz II Men - ... - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/20th-century-masters-the-best-boyz/id19815844 #iTunes
New blog post: How to clean an Apple Disk II Drive http://a2central.com/2065/how-to-clean-an-apple-disk-ii-drive/
a2central (A2Central) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:31:57 -0000
New blog post: How to clean an Apple Disk II Drive http://a2central.com/2065/how-to-clean-an-apple-disk-ii-drive/
ActiveGS - An ActiveX-based Apple IIgs emulator created by members of the Free Tools Association. Also, FTA demos, games and tools that run in the emulator.
Meta Description: [ Apple 2GS Emulators on PC, Abdandonware, Demos ]
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AppleWin - An open source Apple //e emulator for Windows.
Bernie ][ The Rescue - An Apple IIgs emulator for Power Macintosh.
Meta Description: [ High-performance Apple IIgs emulation software for professional and home use. ]
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Meta Description: [ The casaGS dedicated to Apple IIgs world ]
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Catakig - Mac-hosted emulator of the Apple ][, ][+, and //e.
Chris, Mark and Terry's Apple ][ Home Page - Information on the Apple ][ including links to emulators and disk images.
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Meta Description: [ The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications ]
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Florence - An Apple IIgs emulator written in Java.
iGS-Mac - An Apple IIgs emulator for PowerPC and higher-end 68K Macintoshes. Based on XGS and formerly known as XGS-Mac.
Meta Description: [ XGS-Mac ]
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Meta Description: [ Sara is a freeware Apple /// for the Macintosh ]
The Apple IIgs Gaming Memory Fairway - Apple IIgs game information, disk images and memorabilia.
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Meta Description: [ The official XGS/32 home page ]
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YAE, Yet another Apple ][ Emulator - An Apple ][+ emulator for Unix.
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