| Apple II clones |
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Apple II clones |
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Apple |
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Professional Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
Taïwan |
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| END OF PRODUCTION |
Up to around 1990 |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
AppleSoft BASIC |
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| KEYBOARD |
Generally with a numeric keypad and arrow keys |
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| CO-PROCESSOR |
Sometimes a Z80 |
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| TEXT MODES |
40 x 24, 80 x 24 (with 80-column card) |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
40 x 40-48 (16 colours), 280 x 192 (6 colours) |
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| SOUND |
One-channel loudspeaker |
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| I/O PORTS |
Tape recorder In/Out jacks, composite video, Analogue joysticks |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in PSU |
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| PERIPHERALS |
Same as the Apple II family |
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Always cheaper than the model |
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| LASAR II - LARGE VIEW |
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| LASAR II - INSIDE |
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The main board offers some improvements compared to the Apple II\
**(1)** Only 3 x 4 KB ROM chips hold the AppleSoft BASIC\
**(2)** 8 x 4164 chips hold 64 KB RAM\
**(3)** The board also features a prototype area that could be used for developing additional circuitry |
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| LASAR II - REAR SIDE |
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Same connectors as the Apple II: Tape recorder In/Out jacks, composite video output and an internal socket for a single or dual analogue joystick. |
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| 3CI MODEL #1 |
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It's not really a clone, but an original portable version with 1 to 4 built-in floppy-disk drives and several I/O cards.\
This system was made by the French companie 3CI, it was the fist dedicated cash register for hairdressing salons. About 100 of these machines were produced between 1983 and 1986. |
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| 3CI MODEL #2 |
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Although the PSU was a genuine Apple version, the mainboard was a noname model. The system was called R.O.B.O.T.. It used its own boot-up program located in a ROM card and two specialized I/O cards intended to control the cash register. |
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| PANDA 64 - CASE |
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The Panda 64 was an Apple IIc clone in an Apple II-like case. It was probably made in China (Taiwan?).\
The 4-digit Led display above the numeric keypad was used as a clock/alarm and time counter.\
All keys had additional BASIC language commands that could be accessed with the 'Function' key. Function keys on top odf the keyboard assigned slot # to be used as input.
More info needed!
Thanks to **George Parada** for information and picture |
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| PANDA 64 - WITH BOX |
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Thanks to **George Parada** for the picture |
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| PANDA 64 - INSIDE |
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**(1)** Disk drive 1 & 2 connectors\
**(2)** Printer connector\
**(3)** Joystick port.
Thanks to **George Parada** for the picture |
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| WORKSTATION CARD |
Appletalk card |
This card is used to connect an Apple IIe to a localtalk network. |
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| Z80 SOFTCARD ADVERT |
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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. |
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| Z80 SOFTCARD |
Full package |
The card was designed by Burtronix of Orange, California.
Thanks to **Steve Perry** |
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| MICROSOFT RAMCARD ADVERT (1982) |
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Together with the Softcard, the Ramcard turned the Apple II into a 56 KB CP/M system. |
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| JOYSTICKS |
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Two Apple joysticks for IIe and IIc versions, and a clone version with a fire button made by CH Products, San Marco, California. |
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| ANALOG HANDCONTROLLERS |
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| HAND CONTROLLERS |
Box |
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| JOY STICK |
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| GRAPHIC TABLET |
& its card |
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| KEYPAD |
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| DYNATYPER |
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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 |
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| ECHO SPEECH PROCESSOR II |
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| ROLAND CMU-500 INTERFACE |
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This item, a Roland Compumusic CMU-500 Apple II Interface, was used to connect musical instruments to the Apple II series of computers ! |
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| ECHO II |
speech/music/sound synthesizer |
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| ACOUSTIC COUPLER |
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| EARLY APPLE PRINTER |
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| APPLE PANIC |
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| AZTEC |
Title screen |
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| DRAGON FIRE |
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| DRAGON FIRE |
2nd screen |
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| DROL |
Excellent game ! |
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| KARATEKA |
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| LODE RUNNER |
A great classic |
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| MARBLE MADNESS |
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| MINER 2049ER |
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| MONTEZUMA REVENGE |
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| STAR LEAGUE BASEBALL |
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| APPLESOFT COMPILER |
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Also called TASC or AppleSoft Version 3, the AppleSoft Basic Compiler could make use of extended memory on 128K versions |
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| Virtual Apple |
http://www.virtualapple.com/ |
Other platform |
This web site uses an ActiveX application and Apple IIgs emulator to automatically download and play most Apple 2 disk images online! |
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| Apple II History |
http://apple2history.org/ |
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. |
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| Apple2.org |
http://www.apple2.org/ |
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. |
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| APPLE II REFERENCE MANUAL (JANUARY 1978) |
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**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 :** |
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| Andres (Boston, MA, USA) |
Thursday 15th August 2019 |
I "think" I just bought one of these clones, but still trying to understand exactly what it is. It looks similar to the Lazar II clone, but the power supply and motherboard are original Apple ones, so I guess somebody changed the case. |
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| Brian S (Australia) |
Sunday 2nd September 2018 |
That should read "Apricot" :-) |
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| Brian S (Australia) |
Sunday 2nd September 2018 |
I had an "Aprocot" back in the mid 80s. The motherboard was in a box with a separate keyboard. |
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| Spad (France) |
Saturday 24th June 2017 |
To answer Vincent''s post. I just brought my old Golem back from the attic. |
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| infinite100 |
Friday 15th August 2014 |
The most famous/infamous clone was the WOMBAT, trade name of a Taiwanese system sold in Australia. I think it was made by Bondwell, better known for CP/M systems.\
Apple sued the distributor for patent/copyright infringement, winning the case and then going on to close down all the other clones. |
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| Pär (Sweden) |
Tuesday 28th February 2012 |
I bought an MPF II (Microprofessor II) that had 64 K RAM, 16 K ROM and used external cassette player for storage. It had RF output so I could use the TV as monitor.\
It was pretty small, smaller than todays iPad but twice the thickness. It had a small keyboard on it but the external keyboard with rubber keys was a must.\
It also had Joystick of course and with it came a couple of games that were fun to play with friends on the TV.\
The O/S was the same as on Apple II and it had of course a 6502 CPU @ 1MHz.\
Cool little box. Regret selling it. |
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| Vincent (Belgium) |
Wednesday 4th May 2011 |
I do remember one of them, that I almost bought. It was for sale in France for around 6.500 FF (1000€) in 1983, and it was called "GOLEM". It case was almost identical to the Apple II, except for the grey color. |
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| Thomsonicus (Poland) |
Saturday 10th February 2007 |
cool video! |
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