| APPLE IIc |
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APPLE IIc |
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Apple |
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Transportable |
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| ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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| YEAR |
April 1984 |
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| END OF PRODUCTION |
1990 |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
AppleSoft BASIC |
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| KEYBOARD |
Full-stroke 62 keys with arrows keys |
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| CPU |
MOS 65c02 |
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| RAM |
128 KB (in two 64K banks, only one of which can be addressed at a time) |
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| TEXT MODES |
40 or 80? chars. x 24 lines |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
(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) |
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| COLORS |
16 maximum |
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| SOUND |
one channel. Built-in speaker |
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| SIZE / WEIGHT |
29(W) x 31(D) x 6(H) cm. |
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| I/O PORTS |
monitor or composite monitor, Joystick/Mouse, RGB video output, external floppy disk, RS232c (x2) |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
one 5.25'' disk drive |
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| OS |
DOS 3.3, ProDOS, UCSD Pascal |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
External 12 volt power supply unit |
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| PRICE |
$1,300 - £925 |
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| SYSTEM |
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| PERIPHERALS |
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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 |
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| KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP |
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| REAR CONNECTORS |
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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 |
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| INSIDE |
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The majority of the inside of the case is taken by the japanese 5" floppy disc drive. |
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| MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED |
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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. |
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| FRENCH ADVERT (JAN. 1985) |
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"It's him"
This is not an Apple official advert, but from french distributor called Micro Informatique Diffusion (MID) |
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| FRENCH AD (JAN. 1985) |
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"I met Apple IIc"
French advert from MAJUSCULE distributor. |
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| PORTAC |
Autonome monitor |
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). |
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| EXTERNAL 5 |
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Specially made for the IIc system. Made by **LTL** in Hong-Kong, the same company that made the **Spectravideo** computer series. |
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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 |
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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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| Malachi McCoy (United States) |
Friday 14th October 2016 |
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!!! |
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| manbearpig |
Tuesday 13rd May 2014 |
i was just wondering, how much is this thing worth? found one in my basement, and it works, so is it of any value? |
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| Erick (USA) |
Friday 28th March 2014 |
This computer makes a brief appearance in the move 2010 |
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| Dagmar |
Thursday 4th November 2010 |
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! |
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| Tom (USA) |
Monday 27th September 2010 |
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. |
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| Stephen Tripodi (USA) |
Monday 30th January 2006 |
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. :-) |
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| Thierry Legros (France) |
Thursday 29th December 2005 |
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 |
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| Alex (Minnesota) |
Monday 19th December 2005 |
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. |
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| Aran Carrigan (USA) |
Wednesday 9th March 2005 |
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. |
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| Chris (North Carolina) |
Tuesday 8th June 2004 |
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. |
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| Ricky (Maryland) |
Monday 22nd December 2003 |
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. |
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| Tim (Portland OR) |
Thursday 20th March 2003 |
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. |
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| Ken Duncan (Nth Ipswich, Australia) |
Tuesday 23rd April 2002 |
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!) |
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| Isaac Johnson (Minneapolis, MN, USA) |
Tuesday 5th March 2002 |
my first computer (..tear..). Wonderful machine - brittle power cord plug. They even had a cool optical mouse for it with a graphics package. |
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