--- title: APPLE IIc categories: - Computers types: - Transportable origins: - U.S.A. years: - '1984' cpus: - MOS 65c02 params: name: APPLE IIc image: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_system_1.jpg 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 forum_thread: 84 photos: - title: SYSTEM subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_system_2.jpg - 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: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_systemfdd_1.jpg - title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_closeup_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_back_1.jpg - title: INSIDE subtitle: '' text: The majority of the inside of the case is taken by the japanese 5" floppy disc drive. image: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_inside_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/photos/apple_iic_motherboard_1.jpg 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: /media/museum/pubs/apple_iic_pub_c-lui.jpg - title: FRENCH AD (JAN. 1985) subtitle: '' text: |- "I met Apple IIc" French advert from MAJUSCULE distributor. image: /media/museum/pubs/apple_iic_pub_majuscule.jpg 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: /media/museum/hardware/apple_2c_portac.jpg - 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: /media/museum/hardware/apple_iic_externfdd_1.jpg - 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: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2c_reference-manual_volume1.jpg 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: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2c_reference-manual_volume2.jpg 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: /media/museum/docs/couvs/apple2c_clefs.jpg 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 text: |- [**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' 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' --- 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. --- 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.