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An Apple II with 1977 accessories attached, including game pads.
History
The Apple II was launched in April of 1977.[1]
The Apple II was discontinued in 1993.[2]
Around 2017 a massive effort was made to preserve as much Apple II software as possible, before media degradation made some software lost to history.[3]
Technology
These specs are for the original Apple II. Later models offered enhanced capabilities.[4]
Compute
The Apple II is powered by an 6502 processor clocked at one megahertz.[5]
The Apple II originally shipped with four kilobytes of RAM, and could be expanded to 48 kilobytes.[5]
Hardware
The Apple II shipped with an eight kilobyte ROM.[5]
Gallery
The old garage of Steve Jobs in Los Altos, California.
An Apple II running a game.
Mystery House running on an Apple II.
An 1977 advertisement for the Apple II encourages not only playing games with the system, but also creating them.
References
- ↑ "Apple II Personal Computer" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_334638.
- ↑ Contributor, Minda Zetlin (23 January 2020). "These old Apple computers are worth up to $905,000—and you might have one sitting in your basement" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/23/vintage-apple-computers-worth-nearly-900000-you-might-have-one-in-your-basement.html.
- ↑ "Programmers Are Racing to Save Apple II Software Before It Goes Extinct" (in en). www.vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en/article/gv39mx/programmers-are-racing-to-save-apple-ii-software-before-it-goes-extinct.
- ↑ "Today in Apple history: The final Apple II model arrives". 15 September 2018. https://www.cultofmac.com/445628/today-apple-history-final-ever-apple-ii-model-arrives/.
- 1 2 3 "Apple II advertisement". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_II_advertisement_Dec_1977_page_2.jpg.
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