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---
title: APPLE IIc
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Transportable
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- MOS 65c02
params:
name: APPLE IIc
company: /companies/apple
company_name: Apple
specs:
- label: NAME
value: APPLE IIc
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Apple
- label: TYPE
value: Transportable
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: April 1984
- label: END OF PRODUCTION
value: '1990'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: AppleSoft BASIC
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Full-stroke 62 keys with arrows keys
- label: CPU
value: MOS 65c02
- label: SPEED
value: 1 MHz
- label: RAM
value: 128 KB (in two 64K banks, only one of which can be addressed at a time)
- label: ROM
value: 16 KB
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 40 or 80? chars. x 24 lines
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: '(only the full screen modes are listed here) : 40 x 48 (16 col) / 80 x 48 (16 col) / 280 x 192 (6 col) / 140 x 192 (16 col) / 560 x 192 (mono)'
- label: COLORS
value: 16 maximum
- label: SOUND
value: one channel. Built-in speaker
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 29(W) x 31(D) x 6(H) cm.
- label: I/O PORTS
value: monitor or composite monitor, Joystick/Mouse, RGB video output, external floppy disk, RS232c (x2)
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: one 5.25'' disk drive
- label: OS
value: DOS 3.3, ProDOS, UCSD Pascal
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External 12 volt power supply unit
- label: PRICE
value: $1,300 - £925
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- hardware
- software
- emulators
- links
- docs
- videos
photos:
- title: SYSTEM
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: PERIPHERALS
subtitle: ''
text: System with Apple mouse and an external 5" Floppy disc drive unit coming from VTL in Hong-Kong, the same company that made the Spectravideo systems
image: null
- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: REAR CONNECTORS
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Note the handle fitted into the back of the case.
**(1)** Mouse / Joystick DB89 connector\
**(2)** Serial 1 (Modem) DIN plug\
**(3)** RGB output DB15 connector\
**(4)** Composite video RCA plug\
**(5)** External floppy disc unit DB19 connector\
**(6)** Serial 2 (Printer) DIN plug\
**(7)** External power supply unit male DIN plug\
**(8)** Power switch\
**(9)** Audio output jack and volume adjustement
image: null
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: The majority of the inside of the case is taken by the japanese 5" floppy disc drive.
image: null
- title: MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Apple IIC is the same system as an Apple IIe equiped with 5 expansion cards
**(1)** First serial RS 232 connector, mainly intended for the Apple Image Writer printer.\
**(2)** Internal floppy disc drive connector\
(3) External floppy disc unit DB19 connector\
**(4)** Monochrome composite video output RCA plug\
**(5)** RGB video output DB15 connector\
**(6)** Video chip\
**(7)** Second serial RS 232 connector, mainly intended for an external modem\
**(8)** Joystick or mouse DB9 connector\
**(9)** Character generator ROM\
**(10)** 16 chips hold the 128 KB of RAM\
**(11)** Low-power 65C02 processor. Here a NCR version\
**(12)** Memory management custom chip\
**(13)** 16 KB operating system and AppleSoft BASIC ROMs. Basic is automatically loaded if the drive is empty when turning on the computer.\
**(14)** I/O chips, in charge of various input/outputs: keyboard, sound, joystick\
**(15)** Sound output jack and volume knob\
**(16)** Keyboard connector\
**(17)** UART 6551 chips in charge of Serial 1 and 2 interfaces\
**(18)** Power regulation unit provides various voltages inside the computer. An external transformer provides a 12 volt power.\
**(19)** Power DIN plug and switch.
image: null
adverts:
- title: FRENCH ADVERT (JAN. 1985)
subtitle: ''
text: |-
"It's him"
This is not an Apple official advert, but from french distributor called Micro Informatique Diffusion (MID)
image: null
- title: FRENCH AD (JAN. 1985)
subtitle: ''
text: |-
"I met Apple IIc"
French advert from MAJUSCULE distributor.
image: null
hardware:
- title: PORTAC
subtitle: Autonome monitor
text: |-
This ugly monitor has a lead battery which gives the Apple IIc autonomy (finally !) lasting 4 hours. The IIc becomes then what it was meant to be : a portable computer!
The screen is 7" wide but has a better resolution than the original Apple monitor. This jewel cost 470 Euros in 1984 (France).
image: null
- title: EXTERNAL 5
subtitle: ''
text: Specially made for the IIc system. Made by **LTL** in Hong-Kong, the same company that made the **Spectravideo** computer series.
image: null
- title: WORKSTATION CARD
subtitle: Appletalk card
text: This card is used to connect an Apple IIe to a localtalk network.
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii_card_appletalk.jpg
- title: Z80 SOFTCARD ADVERT
subtitle: ''
text: The Z80 Softcard made the Apple II fully compatible with the CP/M operating system and allowed it to run the largest library of professional software of the time, including the Microsoft programming languages, among them the BASIC 5.0 interpreter.
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii_softcard_1.jpg
- title: Z80 SOFTCARD
subtitle: Full package
text: |-
The card was designed by Burtronix of Orange, California.
Thanks to **Steve Perry**
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii_softcard_s1.jpg
- title: MICROSOFT RAMCARD ADVERT (1982)
subtitle: ''
text: Together with the Softcard, the Ramcard turned the Apple II into a 56 KB CP/M system.
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii_ramcard_1.jpg
- title: JOYSTICKS
subtitle: ''
text: Two Apple joysticks for IIe and IIc versions, and a clone version with a fire button made by CH Products, San Marco, California.
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii_joystick_1.jpg
- title: ANALOG HANDCONTROLLERS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_2e_handcontr_2.jpg
- title: HAND CONTROLLERS
subtitle: Box
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_hand-controllers_box.jpg
- title: JOY STICK
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple2_joy_stick.jpg
- title: GRAPHIC TABLET
subtitle: '& its card'
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_graphic-tablet.jpg
- title: KEYPAD
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_keypad.jpg
- title: DYNATYPER
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Here is the sale brochure of the Dynatyper, a strange and obscure printing device launched in 1980:
Dynatyper is a new typewriter interface system designed to generate hard copy directly from computer output through any electric typewriter. It exploits the high quality and use of full upper and lower case characters of your electric typewriter. Users of small computer systems can now expand those systems into applications demanding high quality text, such as word processing.
Consisting of an array of coils positioned in the same pattern as the typewriter's keyboard. These coils are wired into an electrical decoding matrix. Designed to operate on voltage available from standard computers, the Dynatyper is easily installed without modification to your typewriter. Adjustments for different key heights are easy.
Rochester Data provides interfaces and software for the **TRS-80 Level 1 & 2**, the **Apple II** and also a 6 bit **parallel interface** for general operation with other computers. The same interface board can be modified by jumper selection to eperate in any of the above modes...
Thanks to **Bob Leedom** for information and pictures
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_ii%2B_dinatyper_1.jpg
- title: ECHO SPEECH PROCESSOR II
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_appleii_echoii_board.jpg
- title: ROLAND CMU-500 INTERFACE
subtitle: ''
text: This item, a Roland Compumusic CMU-500 Apple II Interface, was used to connect musical instruments to the Apple II series of computers !
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_roland-cmu500_interface.jpg
- title: ECHO II
subtitle: speech/music/sound synthesizer
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_echo2-speech-synth_1.jpg
- title: ACOUSTIC COUPLER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_acoustic-coupler_1.jpg
- title: EARLY APPLE PRINTER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/apple_apple2_printer1.jpg
screenshots:
- title: APPLE PANIC
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_applepanic_ss.gif
- title: AZTEC
subtitle: Title screen
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_aztec_ss.gif
- title: DRAGON FIRE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_dragonfire_ss.gif
- title: DRAGON FIRE
subtitle: 2nd screen
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_dragonfire_ss2.gif
- title: DROL
subtitle: Excellent game !
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_drol_ss.gif
- title: KARATEKA
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_karateka_ss.gif
- title: LODE RUNNER
subtitle: A great classic
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_loderunner_ss.gif
- title: MARBLE MADNESS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_marblemadness_ss.gif
- title: MINER 2049ER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_miner2049er_ss.gif
- title: MONTEZUMA REVENGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_montezuma-revenge_ss.gif
- title: STAR LEAGUE BASEBALL
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/apple_appleii_star-league-baseball_ss.gif
- title: APPLESOFT COMPILER
subtitle: ''
text: Also called TASC or AppleSoft Version 3, the AppleSoft Basic Compiler could make use of extended memory on 128K versions
image: /media/museum/software/apple_ii%2B_applesoftcompiler_1.jpg
emulators:
- title: Apple Oasis
url: http://www.geocities.com/APL24WIN/index.html
platform: Windows
text: Emulates Apple IIe system including hard disk, clock, CP/M card, etc.
- title: AppleWin
url: http://applewin.berlios.de/
platform: Windows
text: A great apple 2+ and apple 2e emulator for windows
- title: Bernie ][ the rescue
url: http://www.bernie.gs/Bernie/
platform: Apple
text: (Available for BeOS too)
- title: Catakig
url: http://www.radix.net/~cklipsch/ctkgdoc/
platform: Apple
text: ''
- title: YAE, Yet another Apple ][ Emulator
url: http://quark.netfront.net:6502/
platform: Unix / Linux
text: ''
- title: The Official ShapeShifter Home Page
url: http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SSMain.html
platform: Amiga OS
text: ''
- title: PalmApple
url: http://palmapple.sourceforge.net/
platform: Other platform
text: PalmApple is an open source Apple //e emulator for PalmOS PDAs
- title: Virtual Apple
url: http://www.virtualapple.com/
platform: Other platform
text: This web site uses an ActiveX application and Apple IIgs emulator to automatically download and play most Apple 2 disk images online!
- title: Dapple
url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dapple/
platform: Multiplatform
text: Apple II (II+, IIe) emulator for DOS and Unix with C source code
links:
- title: A2-Web!
url: http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/
text: ''
- title: Apple ][ Emulator Resources Guide
url: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/apple2/emulators-faq/part1.html
text: ''
- title: Apple II - Apple II gs
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/home.htm
text: A lot of documentations here !
- title: Apple II History
url: http://apple2history.org/
text: A detailed history of the Apple II computer, from start to finish, interspersed with history of Apple Computer, Inc., from the point of view of the Apple II user. Includes pictures.
- title: Apple II Q&A
url: HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/135780133
text: Please Ask the Expeirenced Apple II User!
- title: Apple IIc .dsk Archive
url: http://www.multimania.com/apple2c/
text: ''
- title: Apple2.org
url: http://www.apple2.org/
text: Over 1000 pictures of Apple II and other related hardware, articles, the Apple \]\[ FAQ, Transwarp and Zip GS accelerator upgrade mods, 3.5" drive rebuilding, and lots more.
- title: Applefritter
url: http://www.applefritter.com/
text: Excellent site about all Apple models,clones,prototypes,etc... A must see !
- title: APPLE-HISTORY.COM
url: http://www.apple-history.com/
text: Wonderful site with plenty of information !
- title: Caltech Apple II archive
url: http://apple2.tffenterprises.com/apple2/
text: ''
- title: Forever 1970..80..90
url: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/
text: Very complete information for each model
- title: Iowa universiry Apple II archive
url: http://ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple2/
text: ''
- title: www.apple2clones.com
url: http://www.apple2clones.com/
text: The URL says it all. Very interesting site
- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
text: All about Apple II user groups
docs:
- title: APPLE II REFERENCE MANUAL (JANUARY 1978)
url: null
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple88_reference-manual-jan-1978_cover.jpg
text: |-
**APPLE II REFERENCE MANUAL (JANUARY 1978)**\
written by Apple
 type of document : PDF\
 size : 6 MB\
 source : [www.apple-iigs.info](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :**
- title: APPLE IIC - REFENCE MANUAL - VOLUME 1
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: null
text: |-
[**APPLE IIC - REFENCE MANUAL - VOLUME 1**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE IIC - REFENCE MANUAL - VOLUME 2
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: null
text: |-
[**APPLE IIC - REFENCE MANUAL - VOLUME 2**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: CLEFS POUR APPLE IIC
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: null
text: |-
[**CLEFS POUR APPLE IIC**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)written by Nicole Bréaud-Pouliquen / Editions du PSI
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: GUIDE DE L'APPLE - TOME 1 - L'APPLE STANDARD
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple_guide-de-l-apple.jpg
text: |-
[**GUIDE DE L'APPLE - TOME 1 - L'APPLE STANDARD**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)written by Benoit de Merly / Edimicro
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR APPLE II
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple_manuel-utilisateur-de-l-apple-2.jpg
text: |-
[**MANUEL DE L'UTILISATEUR APPLE II**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)written by Lon Poole - Martin McNiff - Steven Cook
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: MONITOR II USER'S MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docprog.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_monitor-ii-user-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**MONITOR II USER'S MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docprog.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: A TOUCH OF APPLESOFT BASIC
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docprog.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_a-touch-of-applesoft-basic.jpg
text: |-
[**A TOUCH OF APPLESOFT BASIC**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docprog.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: LE MANUEL DOS 3.3 (FRENCH)
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_manuel-dos-3-3.jpg
text: |-
[**LE MANUEL DOS 3.3 (FRENCH)**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: BENEATH APPLE DOS
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_beneath-apple-dos.jpg
text: |-
[**BENEATH APPLE DOS**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm)written by Don Worth & Pieter Lechner
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: BENEATH APPLE PRO DOS
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_beneath-apple-prodos.jpg
text: |-
[**BENEATH APPLE PRO DOS**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm)written by Don Worth & Pieter Lechner
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: PRODOS USER'S MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_prodos-user-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**PRODOS USER'S MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: PRODOS SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPLE IIE OWNER'S MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_prodos-supplement.jpg
text: |-
[**PRODOS SUPPLEMENT TO THE APPLE IIE OWNER'S MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docos.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE 5.25 DRIVE - OWNER'S GUIDE
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_5-25-disk-drive_owners-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE 5.25 DRIVE - OWNER'S GUIDE**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE 3.5 DRIVE - OWNER'S GUIDE
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_3-5-disk-drive_owners-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE 3.5 DRIVE - OWNER'S GUIDE**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE 3.5 DRIVE CONTROLLER CARD - OWNER'S GUIDE
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_controller-card.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE 3.5 DRIVE CONTROLLER CARD - OWNER'S GUIDE**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE II SUPER SERIAL CARD - INSTALLATION AND OPERATING MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_super-serial-card.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE II SUPER SERIAL CARD - INSTALLATION AND OPERATING MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE II PARALLEL PRINTER INTERFACE CARD - INSTALLATION AND OPERATING MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_parallel-printer-interface.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE II PARALLEL PRINTER INTERFACE CARD - INSTALLATION AND OPERATING MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE II 80-COLUMN TEXT CARD MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_80c-text-card.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE II 80-COLUMN TEXT CARD MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE II 80-COLUMN TEXT CARD MANUAL SUPPLEMENT
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_80c-text-card_supplement.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE II 80-COLUMN TEXT CARD MANUAL SUPPLEMENT**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: Z80 PLUS CARD - USER MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_z80-plus.jpg
text: |-
[**Z80 PLUS CARD - USER MANUAL**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Applied Engineering
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE JOYSTICK IIE AND IIC - USER'S INSTRUCTIONS
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_joystick_users_manual.jpg
text: |-
[**APPLE JOYSTICK IIE AND IIC - USER'S INSTRUCTIONS**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
- title: APPLE II - APPLECOLOR RGB MONITOR OWNER'S GUIDE
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2_rgb-monitor.jpg
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[**APPLE II - APPLECOLOR RGB MONITOR OWNER'S GUIDE**](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docacc.htm)written by Apple
 compiled/archived by Arnaud Brossard\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Apple II / Apple IIgs website](http://www.apple-iigs.info/)
videos:
- title: Apple IIc TV commercial (1984)
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ6u9lvnQ-s
text: 'Length: 30 s'
- title: Apple IIc TV commercial (1984)
url: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=1569169552029486398&hl=fr
text: 'Length: 30 s'
- title: Apple IIc TV commercial - Nightmare
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXDB7eRiQE
text: 'Length: 1 min 02 s'
- title: Apple IIc TV commercial
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_fd8TJ_HRY
text: 'Length: 30 s'
- title: Apple IIc demo disk
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCuAiF7x0Jc
text: 'Length: 1 min 04 s'
- title: Mozart Sonata in C Major played by an Apple IIc
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPDBbOQdYvU
text: 'Length: 4 min 05 s'
- title: Apple II videoclip
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SoWRCy21pY
text: 'Length: 3 min 03 s'
comments:
- author: Malachi McCoy (United States)
date: Friday 14th October 2016
text: |-
We had a iic as a kid growing up!!!
It had a COLOR screen and a 7 color dot-matrix printer. Top of the line at the time. My friends had Compaq''s and Atari''s!!!
- author: manbearpig
date: Tuesday 13rd May 2014
text: i was just wondering, how much is this thing worth? found one in my basement, and it works, so is it of any value?
- author: Erick (USA)
date: Friday 28th March 2014
text: This computer makes a brief appearance in the move 2010
- author: Dagmar
date: Thursday 4th November 2010
text: Our first computer was a Apple IIc(1985) too and in Germany nobody trust at that time these strange boxes. But we loved to learn programming Basic and it still is working. From a trip to USA we brought our first game the "Wishbringer" and it was exciting to play it!
- author: Tom (USA)
date: Monday 27th September 2010
text: The Apple IIc was my first computer also. I learned about computers in jr. high and high school on Apple II''s and IIgs''s, so when a friend wanted to sell hers I bought it. Had lots of fun using Appleworks like in school, plus playing games like Wavy Navy and Typhoon of Steel on it. Like Stephen Tripodi said, the bootup was always noisy, but that sound is nostalgia to me now.
- author: Stephen Tripodi (USA)
date: Monday 30th January 2006
text: Ahh.... good memories. I had a IIc as my first computer. It was on this machine that I first learned to program computers, with the built in Applesoft BASIC. I fondly remember playing such games as Super Munchers and Flight Simulator II on that tiny 9 inch green monochrome monitor. One thing I also remember is the awful grinding noise the built in drive made when booting up. The first time I ever used the thing, I thought I had broken something. :-)
- author: Thierry Legros (France)
date: Thursday 29th December 2005
text: I have seen this Apple IIc into the movie "Explorers" from Joe Dante with Ethan Hawk. This is the computer the guy uses to connect his extra-terrestrial electronic board which creates a force field
- author: Alex (Minnesota)
date: Monday 19th December 2005
text: I recently found an Apple IIc in my garage. I remember playing it in the early 90's when my aunt gave it to our family. We kept using it until at least 1996 or 97. I was really excited when I found it. I need to get more software though... Most of my disks dont work.
- author: Aran Carrigan (USA)
date: Wednesday 9th March 2005
text: 'The IIc had two odd problems: It had a TV out just like the C64, but it didn''t respond usually. Another problem was that the PSU tried to store energy, but it constantly got hot even when the computer was turned off.'
- author: Chris (North Carolina)
date: Tuesday 8th June 2004
text: i have a lot of old computers and i love to collect them. My favorite types are apples. I have an apple //c that is my most favorite of all of them. I will be asking around for some accessories for it.
- author: Ricky (Maryland)
date: Monday 22nd December 2003
text: I just found one of these machines at a yardsale a few months ago, they gave it and about 50 peices of software to me for free! It was made before my time but I love old electronics so I thought Id give it a try, Its a great old machine! By the way, anyone who dosent have a monitor, just plug it into the video plug on your tv.
- author: Tim (Portland OR)
date: Thursday 20th March 2003
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The Apple //c was my very first computer and fully responsible for getting me hooked on computers. It was a gift for my 6th birthday from my grandfather, grandmother, mother and father. They all pooled the money together because "This could be something big some day". Little did they know it would lay out my professional career.
I remember spending hours exploring what exactly the computer could do, running any piece of software I could come across, coding dinky programs in basic.
A great system, I'm almost tempted to try and locate it and boot it up again.
- author: Ken Duncan (Nth Ipswich, Australia)
date: Tuesday 23rd April 2002
text: My first computer also, purchased Apr 86. Spent many late nights at friends place learning about computing, (and drinking lots of beer-thanks Wayne). Added Applied Engineering 1mb RAM card (run Appleworks in RAM-no disk access required), 3.5" external drive and 5.25" external drive. Loved programming in AppleBasic. Added in a lot of the Beagle Bros enhancements (Appleworks was great!)
- author: Isaac Johnson (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
date: Tuesday 5th March 2002
text: my first computer (..tear..). Wonderful machine - brittle power cord plug. They even had a cool optical mouse for it with a graphics package.
related:
- /museum/apple-ii
- /museum/apple-ii-571
- /museum/apple-ii-clones
- /museum/apple-iic-plus
- /museum/apple-iie
- /museum/apple-iie-platinum
- /museum/microdigital-tk-3000
oc_id: 69
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230426111457/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=69
date: '2023-04-26'
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The Apple IIc was the compact (the "c" stands for compact) version of the [Apple IIe](/museum/apple-iie/). It had the same basic characteristics as the Apple IIe but included a lot of features which were optional on the IIe: floppy disk drive, 80-column display, color display, 128 KB RAM. But unlike the Apple IIe, it had no expansion slots, so it was hard to add features to this computer. It ran either with DOS 3.3 or with ProDos and had the first version of QuickDraw in ROM.
The Apple IIc was originally designed to be a portable version of the Apple II, but it wasn't a stand alone system, it had no batteries and no LCD screen (Apple would soon release these items), it could also be used with a small 9" monochrome green screen which plugged into the unit. The Apple IIc was mainly used as a desktop computer.
The original Apple //c shipped with a floppy disk called "The Apple At Play" which included, among other programs, a nifty application showing how the speaker could be driven to make polyphonic music. The "Music Recital" program played the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in C, K545. A video demonstrating this (for nostalgia purposes) is posted in the [movie section](/museum/apple-iic/).
The original Apple //c shipped with a set of five 5.25" floppy disks:
1\. Introducing the Apple //c (?)\
2\. The Apple At Work\
3\. The Apple At Play\
4\. Inside the Apple //c (?)\
5\. System Utilities
The Apple IIc was replaced with the [Apple IIc+](/museum/apple-iic-plus/) in 1988.
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Fun facts, by **Taneli Lukka**:\
The Apple IIc was a nice machine, but too expensive here in Finland to become a popular home computer so it was instead the favourite of semi-professional users and firms/factories because it was cheap compared to many professional systems and had good business software.\
My first encounter with this machine was no less than spectacular. I was contacted by a man who wanted to sell his old computer to me so it wouldn't go to the trash bin. I bought it and found out that this Apple IIc had been this loyal Apple users only computer from the middle 80's until April 2005 when it was replaced by a PC laptop and put into storage! The machine has even had more memory added in the early 90's. This if something is a real testimony of the quality of Apple IIc, Imagewriter II-printer and the Appleworks software pack!\
Another fun fact is that the pedestal of the 9" monochrome green monitor is a one big aluminum casting and weighs as much as the monitor itself!
**Thierry Legros** reports:\
I have seen this Apple IIc into the movie "Explorers" from Joe Dante with Ethan Hawk. This is the computer the guy uses to connect his extra-terrestrial electronic board which creates a force field.