Happy birthday Apple II!

April 18, 2007 Computers, History, News

This day, 30 years ago, Apple II was introduced.  Apple II was the first mass-produced consumer oriented computer.

Apple II

Apple II had 8 bit processor working at 1 MHz, 4K of RAM, and an audio cassette interface in a low profile case with an integrated keyboard. The Apple II came fully assembled and ready to use.Look of Apple II was the result of Steve Jobs’ passion for form. Internal engineering was pure Steve Wozniak brilliance. Through heavy use of clever software and hardware tricks, Woz was able to keep the chip count, and therefore the cost, of manufacturing the Apple II very low. The system was designed to attach to a television with the aid of a device called a RF modulator. The system could be expanded to hold as much as 48K of ram and contained BASIC in ROM.

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  • 3 comments

    1. HART (1-800-HART) 19.4.2007 at 2:21 am

      I feel old. I remember owning the Apple IIe and doing the ‘books’ of our family business way back when!

    2. qoody 19.4.2007 at 11:17 am

      Yeah, time goes by very fast.

    3. Nil 12.7.2007 at 5:54 pm

      Yes it is exact I completely. It agree with qoody! Time as sand flows away also it{him} to catch not probably! My sight Apple II this admiration of engineering idea of those years and certainly it remain for ever in memory of all fans Apple. very interesting to begin about Apple II which I recommend to read. http://fans-apple.blogspot.com/2007/07/success-apple-and-birth-of-trade-mark.html




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