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title: APPLE IIe
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- U.S.A.
years:
- '1983'
cpus:
- MOS 65c02
params:
name: APPLE IIe
company: /companies/apple
company_name: Apple
specs:
- label: NAME
value: APPLE IIe
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Apple
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: U.S.A.
- label: YEAR
value: January 1983
- label: END OF PRODUCTION
value: '1993'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Basic
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Full stroke 52 key with cursor keys
- label: CPU
value: MOS 65c02
- label: SPEED
value: 1.02 MHz
- label: RAM
value: 64 KB
- label: ROM
value: 16 KB
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 40 x 24 / 80 x 24 (with 80 columns card)
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 40 x 40-48 (16 col), 280 x 160-192 (6 col), 560 x 160-192 (2 col)
- label: COLORS
value: 16 maximum
- label: SOUND
value: one channel - Built-in speaker
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 39.4 (W) x 45.7 (D) x 11.4 (H)
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Monitor, Internal Slots (6), Memory slot, Tape, Joystick
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: None
- label: OS
value: |-
DOS 3.3 or ProDOS\
Even CP/M and MS-DOS with optional cards
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Built-in switching power supply unit
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: Lots of expansion cards and peripherals
- label: PRICE
value: £1270
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- hardware
- software
- emulators
- links
- docs
- videos
photos:
- title: IIE CASE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: IIE LOGO
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: COMPLETE SYSTEM
subtitle: ''
text: Apple IIe along with the Apple monochrome monitor and two FDD units.
image: null
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: MOTHERBOARD EXPLAINED
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Apple IIe board represents a major hardware improvement, compared to previous Apple II boards. Two specialized chips replace more than 60 circuits, and an additional slot makes it easier to upgrade the user RAM to 128 Kb.
**(1)** Composite video Output for B&W monitor.\
**(2)** Auxiliary video connector.\
**(3)** Joystick connector.\
**(4)** Chipset in charge of input-outputs, called IOU .\
**(5)** Keyboard connector.\
**(6)** Mouse connector.\
**(7)** ROM memory holding the keyboard character generator. This circuit is specific to each country and keyboard.\
**(8)** ROM memory holding the display character generator.\
**(9)** 64 KB user RAM memory.\
**(10)** Additional expansion connector linked to port 3. Specific to APPLE IIe and intended for the 64 KB expansion memory card.\
**(11)** Integrated loudspeaker connector.\
**(12)** 8-bit 6502 microprocessor.\
**(13)** Specialised chipset called MMU, in charge of the user RAM and 80-column mode management.\
**(14)** Power supply connector.\
**(15)** Expansion card slot Nr. 1, generally reserved for the printer.\
**(16)** Expansion card slot Nr. 7, generally reserved for video cards.\
**(17)** Analog input connector, generally reserved for Apple or compatible joysticks.\
**(18)** Tape recorder (data input) socket.\
**(19)** Tape recorder (data output) socket.
image: null
- title: MOTHERBOARD PROTOTYPE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
One of the Apple IIe engineering prototype wire-wrap boards.\
The custom chips (IOU and MMU) are emulated with a whole lot of standard logic 7400-series chips located on the left board.\
The right board is the Apple IIe main board prototype.
image: null
- title: THE 256 KB EXPANSION CARD
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: THE APPLE II EMULATION CARD FOR MACINTOSH LC
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
- title: THE MACINTOSH LC EMULATING THE APPLE IIE
subtitle: ''
text: Shortly after Apple stopped the production of the Apple IIe, they replaced it with the Macintosh LC as a "home" computer. To use Apple IIe software on the Mac LC, Apple developed a small Apple IIe emulation card (left photo). In the right photo, you can see Apple IIe software running on the Mac LC.
image: null
- title: 'IIGS UPGRADE #1'
subtitle: ''
text: When the Apple IIgs was first launched, Apple offered for a short time an upgrade kit allowing Apple IIe owners to convert their system to a IIgs version while keeping the same case. The kit included a new base designed to match the IIgs motherboard, an external numeric keypad and a label kit for the case lid.
image: null
- title: 'IIGS UPGRADE #2'
subtitle: ''
text: The new back panel with Apple IIgs specific connectors
image: null
- title: 'IIGS UPGRADE #3'
subtitle: ''
text: Yes, it's an Apple IIgs!
image: null
- title: 'IIGS UPGRADE #4'
subtitle: ''
text: The numeric keypad was part of the upgrade kit.
image: null
- title: THE BOX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: null
adverts:
- title: FIRST AD
subtitle: ''
text: |-
February 1983
Advert said:
For years, people have been trying to build a better Apple II.\
It finally happened.\
Meet the Apple IIe, an impressive new version of a most impressive machine.\
The 'e' means enhanced. Which means a bundle of new features...
image: null
hardware:
- 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
- title: DUODISK
subtitle: Dual 5.25" floppy drives unit
text: No innovation in this Duodisk released a few months after the Apple IIe. The Japanese slim drives are still sigle side and have the same capacity as the original Disk II, 143 KB divided in 35 tracks x 16 sectors x 256 bytes.
image: null
- title: AMDISK 3
subtitle: Dual 3'' floppy disc unit
text: |-
This first version of the Japanese Amdisk unit featured one or two 3"/360 KB floppy disc drives.\
Besides Apple IIe version, several versions were marketed for various computers: Commodore 64, Atari 520, Sinclair Spectrum...\
Later, 3" drives were replaced with 3.5"/720 KB models.
image: null
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: AppleWin
url: http://www.jantzer-schmidt.de/applewin/
platform: Windows
text: Apple IIe emulator with source code in C++
- 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: 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 IIE REFERENCE MANUAL
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: null
text: |-
[**APPLE IIE REFERENCE MANUAL**](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 IIE - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR
url: http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm
cover: null
text: |-
[**APPLE IIE - GUIDE DE L'UTILISATEUR**](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: 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 II videoclip
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SoWRCy21pY
text: 'Length: 3 min 03 s'
comments:
- author: Brady (USA)
date: Thursday 28th June 2018
text: I work for my school''s IT department and recently found one of these tucked away in a closet covered in decades of dust. The school decided to junk the thing but after cutting through miles of red tape and talking with an administrator that I had impressed in the past I managed to save it. I am happy to say that it is in perfect working order, is in beautiful condition, and won''t be going anywhere near a junkyard for a very very long time.
- author: TransParent (CT/USA)
date: Wednesday 17th January 2018
text: My first job out of college in 1981 was in the Environmental Hygiene Laboratory at Olin Corporation in New Haven, CT. We had an HP data acquisition system connected to a Teletype terminal. The HP system needed to be booted up using a key, input switches and a series of three paper table rolls. This system did the data integration for up to four of our Gas Chromatographs (all HP 5710A''s). In 1984, my boss purchased a Varian Vista 402 to replace the HP system. He wanted a computer for the laboratory but could not get it justified. Varian was smart - they had a "Vista Plus" package to go along with the Vista 402 Data Acquisition system. The Vista Pus package was an Apple IIe computer with dual floppy drives and a serial cable to connect the DA system to the IIe. It also came with a small assembly language program to transfer the data from each channel (up to four - one for each GC) to the IIe when it completed it analysis on each sample. I wrote a program to display the data for
all four channels (needed the 80 column graphics card). In then enhanced the program to store the data, perform all of the calculations (blank subtraction and spike correction) that we used to do by hand and then write a nice neat report listing each sample analyzed and the concentrations of up to 15 components in each sample. My boss loved what I had done. No more errors by doing hand calculations and then the secretaries typing our results into the Xerox word processor as a neat report to send to the Industrial Hygenists!
- author: Ivan (Ohio, USA)
date: Tuesday 31st January 2017
text: Oh wow. This was probably my favorite computer to ever program on. I learned on an Apple $$ first and foremost. Then, we upgraded to the Apple //e with the extensible 80-column card in it. Added another 128K RAM board, and then eventually a Z-80 card so I could run CP/M. I used the Oraca macro assembler as well as the Aztec C environment where I first learned C as well as what a Unix-like environment was like. This is where my geekdom started, all self-taught (Apple Integer Basic, Applesoft Basic, machine language, assembler, Pascal and then C). Miss those days.
- author: Kelly Roach (Harlingen, TX, United States)
date: Thursday 14th May 2015
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Ah, the workhorse that was the Apple //e. I had once owned both one of these and a IIplus, and had many a fun hour writing programs for these two rugged computers (their Disk II units failed long before they did.)
With only rudimentary graphics and sound capabilities, these were among the most extensible 8-bit computers of their time, with parallel and serial cards, an 80-column card (one model with an extra 48 kB of RAM,) and even a Z80 Softcard for CP/M!
I still kinda wax nostalgic when I think about these computers.
- author: Jason (Ohio, USA)
date: Saturday 2nd February 2013
text: I actually bought seven IIe computers along with some monitors and parts a week ago for $40. People around here have just been hauling these computers to the dump and recyclers and I thought I would try and save at least a few! It''s been fun to work on them. :)
- author: frank (Monterrey Mexico)
date: Wednesday 5th December 2012
text: |-
Anyone interested in an Apple IIe need to sell it because I have some debts if anyone is interested please contact me to my email\
  frank-garcia89@hotmail.com
- author: JP (Canada)
date: Thursday 19th July 2012
text: I was driving along last week through an area in Ottawa where it was Garbage day and I found full Apple IIe System complete that works! I love Old technology that works, but what should I do with it NOW?
- author: David Roberts (USA)
date: Thursday 22nd March 2012
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My Apple //e died today, 3/22/2012, somewhat. There was a whoosh sound followed by a pop sound, then an odor of something hot, but no smoke. I turned it off and opened it up but could see no indication of trouble.
Afterward, when I turned it back on everything seemed normal..?? But after an hour or so of working normally, neither disc drive was able to read a disc although the disc would spin. Nor could I change anything on the monitor screen with the keyboard.
Both drives spin but neither could read or write. The keyboard could not change anything on the monitor.
DIAGNOSIS NEEDED and solutions requested.\
Thanks,\
Dave
- author: David Roberts (USA)
date: Thursday 22nd March 2012
text: |-
My Apple //e died today, 3/22/2012, somewhat. There was a whoosh sound followed by a pop sound, then an odor of something hot, but no smoke. I turned it off and opened it up but could see no indication of trouble.
Afterward, when I turned it back on everything seemed normal..?? But after an hour or so of working normally, neither disc drive was able to read a disc although the disc would spin. Nor could I change anything on the monitor screen with the keyboard.
Both drives spin but neither could read or write. The keyboard could not change anything on the monitor.
DIAGNOSIS NEEDED and solutions requested.\
Thanks,\
Dave
- author: Sharon Gondek (MN)
date: Monday 12th September 2011
text: If anyone else has an interest in the AppleII stuff, email me @ sharong311@aol.com. It is too much stuff to pack and ship so know that it is in MN.
- author: gaparoonie (United States)
date: Wednesday 31st August 2011
text: i have 3 working apple IIe''s with software (educational mostly). printers too.
- author: ronwoch
date: Thursday 25th August 2011
text: Sharon I would be interested. Email ronwoch at gmail
- author: ronwoch
date: Thursday 25th August 2011
text: Sharon I would be interested. Email ronwoch at gmail
- author: Sharon Gondek (MN)
date: Wednesday 24th August 2011
text: I have enough Apple II stuff for a reasonably complete museum. Includes the Apple graphics tablet, repair manuals, Thunderscan, printers, etc. Is anyone out there interested?
- author: Amin (United States)
date: Tuesday 8th March 2011
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I need Parallel interface card(model $ 7720) for Apple IIe.\
does anyone help?
- author: Edi G.
date: Sunday 13rd February 2011
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Hi there\
i found 1 unit of IIe + monitor.\
what should be the price that i can get for this item on the free market?
Thanks\
Edi\
edigemail@gmail.com
- author: Hans ( Canberra ) (Australia)
date: Monday 5th July 2010
text: |-
I am still running my 2e\
details are on my site,\
http://members.iinet.net.au/\~hal01/public_html$20copy/Apple_2e_hardware_software.html
- author: Dylan Malama (Wellston, Mi)
date: Saturday 5th June 2010
text: 'I own an Apple Iie Enhanced, but just two weeks ago, something catastrophic happened: I was carrying it down to my basement when I tripped over two steps and tumbled to the cement. my Apple''''s speaker was smashed, and my motherboard was junk. I still have lots of parts models, but I need some time to fix it.'
- author: JM
date: Wednesday 2nd April 2008
text: |-
Paul, the game you are looking for is called Agent USA. Here is the wikipedia link. I remember it too and we loved it.\
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_USA
- author: Paul (Lansing, MI)
date: Sunday 7th January 2007
text: |-
I am looking for a game that I played back in elementary school on an Apple 2E (I think… about 80% sure). I am not sure what the game is called. It might have the word Crystal in the title, but if I remember correctly, you played a guy who would walk around and plant crystals that would then multiply over time. But there were bad guys who would come and take them away if you didn’t collect them back up again.
In my memories, the layout of the game was 3ed person looking down and had a very Atari 2600 look and feel to it. Also I think you started each level by getting off a train, each board would be like a new town or level… but that might not be correct for this game… it has been a while.
If anyone knows what the name of his game is, please let me know. I would love to find it if it is available.
- author: John Orton (Milwaukee, WI.)
date: Tuesday 28th November 2006
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I am hunting for a copy of Jenny of the Prairie for the Apple IIe.
Thanks
- author: Geno (St. Louis, MO)
date: Friday 30th June 2006
text: |-
My brother and I spent many hours playing video games and programming our 2e. It was a big step-up from our TI-99.
The old 2e was quite tough to stand up to our abuse.
Some of our favorite games included Ultima, Castle Wolfenstein (the original), a game where you served beer at a bar, Jaust (a game where you flew a bird into other birds and collected eggs), Lode Runner, a Karate game (very good graphics) and flight simulator. We usually copied the disks of our friends since we could not afford to buy them. Various copy protection schemes were being used unsuccessfully and nefarious people would release underground software to get around them (just like modern times).
Learned to hack binary files by using Norton Utilities (the original) to read each disk sector for ASCII code that could be changed and customized.
My grandfather and I made a light pen from a magazine article.
My mom learned to like/hate the computer as I soon was spending all of my time messing with it. The career path didn't turn out so bad, however.
- author: Josh (Texas)
date: Saturday 17th June 2006
text: I customized my Apple IIe into a wider but short in heigth case. and secured the keyboard to the top of the case. I placed the system and a monitor on a metal rolling cart, and I take it outside with my telescope at night, and I wrote star plotting software in Applesoft basic. And thats what I use it for!
- author: baxter (newark,ohio)
date: Monday 24th April 2006
text: I have some apple 2e software and I would like to run it on a newer Mac--os 9.1--- Is this possible? They are on 5 1\\4 floppies and I have extra drives to plug into the powermac. will it work??
- author: Alex (New York)
date: Friday 17th March 2006
text: Is there any way to figure out if my Apple IIe is worth anything. I just found it in my brother's closet. I don't have a monitor for it, so I figured I could sell it, hoping to cheer someone up somewhere.
- author: Lynette (Anchorage, Alaska)
date: Saturday 11th February 2006
text: I've got some 5.25 floppies which were created on my Apple lle in the 80's. Does anyone out there have the ability to retreive the files?
- author: Ora Fleischer (Littleton, Colorado)
date: Friday 2nd December 2005
text: I am 82 and pretty much housebound caring for an ailing wife, so i can't get out to look for stuff. I touched my first computer (a Quadra) about two years ago and it seems I have a natural affinity for Macs. Anyway, someone gave me an Apple lle yesterday with the monitor, 'profile' hard drive and 'silentype' thermal printer.Unfortunately no cables, also a few keys are missing. Does anyone have these items they would part with? I would be able to reimburse for shipping costs.
- author: Josh (California)
date: Monday 12th September 2005
text: |-
I am trying to remeber the name of a 2e game I used to round 1990 (game may have been older than me) that was a scrolling style adventure with graphics\
where you had to type the commands in and recieve a response -\
the story line had something to do with people living in trees and elders. you could even harvest grapes and so forth.
- author: Austin Erwin-Martinetti (USA)
date: Wednesday 19th January 2005
text: |-
The Apple \]\[e was the first computer I ever saw as a kid; perhaps the\
first thing I saw as a kid. Mine has a nice history behind it, but\
finished off with an ending I would have liked to have rewritten. When\
I was about the age of 3, my brother and I (10 at the time) used to\
love playing on the old Apple. We used to spend many hours playing\
Oregon Trail, Sticky Bear, Lemonade stand, and other games. One of\
the games, I remember we nicknamed "number dumber" because the disk\
had no label. The other side was a cheaply made pinball sim. The game\
had 4 floors, and you, as a stick man, had to ascend and descend the\
ladder, collecting the numbers 1 through 10, while evading enemies.\
The second level resembled the game Donkey Kong. I remember calling my\
mom constantly to read what was on the screen for me. This was usually\
around 8:00 or so, and my brother was walking to school. I used to\
drive her (as well as my dad) crazy with the buzzing of the disk\
drive, and the sound FX from the games, as it was out in the living\
room, next to our Macintosh Classic. One day when I was four, the disk\
drive broke. What it would do was, it would power up properly, but it\
wouldn't do anything; no matter what, it remained at the bootup\
screen. Later on, I asked my dad if he could fix it. He couldn't.\
Instead, he handed me two of the original\
"Disk \]\[ 5 1/4" drives and an interface card and said "Here. If you\
can't get this to work, I'll help you when I get home" and went off to\
work. Later on in the day, I was studying the IIe carefully, looking\
where to put the card in. I detatched the cover and studied the ports.\
Uninstalling the redesigned drive controller, I figured that the board\
would go in the spot where the old one was. Figuring out eventually\
how to set it up, I carefully booted the computer. It worked. After\
boasting to my parents for several hours, I resumed normal play. A\
year later, my brother seemed to lose interest in it, and gain\
interest in the Classic. Also,\
we bought a modern Pentium-based computer in early '97, and put in the\
desk next to the Classic. It was a HP 7000 tower series computer. We\
got a 693C printer along with it, and a software bundle, including\
children's book software such as "Sam I am", 'Lil Howie's Math\
adventure, etc. Around kindergarten, I proclaimed the computer "mine".\
I moved it to my room, including all the software and the monitor. I\
was so happy with it there, I even wrote "Austin's Computer" on it\
with a yellow colored pencil next to the //e logo. Then one day around\
2nd grade, one of the disc drives nearly caught fire, and started\
smoking ( it seems pretty funny to me now, so don't worry about\
laughing about it :) ). I simply replaced the drive with the other. It\
worked for a while. Eventually that one broke too. My guess is it was\
due to my inept handling of the I/O card. I later noted that one of\
the disc capacitors used to control the 2nd drive was broken off when\
I installed it in '95. That wasn't the only computer having a bad day.\
The HP's motherboard got damaged somehow. We replaced it with a newer\
8380 series in '98. Many other things happened over time until we got\
our handbuilt P4 computer made by my crafty brother (with some of my\
help) :P. The 693C printer is working. It is being used by my dad in\
his home office, and been replaced by a 950C that I fixed. As for the\
Classic, it's still kicking. It's in my room, along with my handbuilt\
P3 and my commodore 64, vic-20, 3 vcrs, and my laptop, electric guitar\
(which i'm getting pretty damn good at), etc. My //e was sold to the\
computer recycling center by my dad around '99 or so (boy was I mad!)\
since the disk drives broke. At the age of 12 now,\
I've exanded my horizons into much more interests, but computers still\
hold a special place in my heart. I'm looking in to buying another //e\
just for nostalgia's sake, or because I would\
like to look into buying more 8-bit computers.
P. S. If you know the name of that "number dumber" game, please tell\
me. I would like to\
atleast play it again on an emulator.
I know it was quite long, but thanks for listening!
- author: Stephen Knotts (USA)
date: Saturday 27th November 2004
text: I bought an Apple IIe off eBay and I have NO disk drive, and no use for it, but it's the only computer in my collection. I love it.
- author: Joe (USA)
date: Thursday 14th October 2004
text: |-
TAMARA - Found this little site - its a start.
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs4MAJORSITES.html
- author: Joe (USA)
date: Thursday 26th August 2004
text: ANTHONY - name of game is "sabotage".
- author: Linda (Canton, MI)
date: Sunday 22nd August 2004
text: Trying to remember a game we played on the Apple IIe where you would gather 'memstones' by answering questions correctly. You build a home out of these memstones so that the hurricane at the end of the game doesn't blow you away! Can anyone help? (Science Island????) Who made it?
- author: Anthony (Ft Lauderdale, FL USA)
date: Friday 20th August 2004
text: Looking for a game I used to play around 1983. It was a arcade style game, had a gun turret in the center bottom portion of the game, and using the arrows keys, you had to shoot down parachuters. If you didnt, they would land and climb up to the turret, if enough landed, they would climb onto the top of the gun turret and blow you up. If you shot the parachute and not the person, the person would fall to his death below. If there was a person below, he would fall onto of him and thus killing both. Anyone know the name of that game ?
- author: Webmaster (France)
date: Tuesday 13rd July 2004
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You will find this game on this FTP site :\
ftp.apple.asimov.net/\
in the following directory:\
pub/apple_II/images/games/simulation/
enjoy
- author: Philipp E. Bornstein MD (Springfield/Illinois/USA)
date: Monday 12th July 2004
text: |-
I am seeking an old Apple II or IIE game entitled Three Mile Island. It is a simulation game of an atomic pile. Objective is to prevent melt down.\
thanks
- author: Qbman (USA)
date: Tuesday 11th May 2004
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The apple IIe is NOT really a DOS system, it mainly ran thru BASIC\
And used ProDos (which is NOT the same as DOS)
- author: Andrew (Ontario, Canada)
date: Tuesday 16th March 2004
text: I can help with any Apple II questions you may have. Please email me if you need something answered, or want some software copied; I have games, disk-copying utilities, word processors and lots more stuff.
- author: Tony Buser (Lansdale, PA)
date: Sunday 30th November 2003
text: |-
Jay, the game you're thinking of is Robot War. There's a few projects that are remaking it at:
http://robowar.sourceforge.net/\
http://www.robotbattle.com/
- author: Melanie (florida)
date: Sunday 5th October 2003
text: oops, my last post had the wrong email, the correct email is above. If you can offer me any help, I would greatly appreciate it....Thanks again
- author: Melanie (florida)
date: Sunday 5th October 2003
text: I have jusy recently been given an Apple IIe computer. I am unfamiliar with DOS based systems. . I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to work it. I was thinking this would be a good way to introduce my 5 year old to computersIt came with many floppys, including apple worls startup, 3.3 dos, etc. The computer works, when you turn it on, Apple//e comes up. But I do not see any prompt. And I do not know how to load any of the disks. LOL I am a windows XP type. Any help or advise would be appreciated. Thanks.
- author: jay chap (usa)
date: Thursday 25th September 2003
text: I was wondering if someone could tell me the name of a game I played on the apple iie as a kid (1987/88)? I think it was made by Spinnaker or Broderbund. The best way I can describe it is that you controlled (programmed?) pod shaped robots to accomplish certain tasks like picking up items, turning on/off switches, and possibly turning on other robots? This is the best I can do...Does anyone know the Name of the game/program I'm talking about?? Thank you so much!!
- author: Matt (New Zealand)
date: Wednesday 14th May 2003
text: I just got my IIe Platnum like yesterday and know I hardly play on my newer one! Its awesome
- author: michael (u.s.a)
date: Monday 31st March 2003
text: I have 4 iie's. 3 are the platium with color monitors. one has a duo drive. the other one is the orginal iie with a green monitor. I have over 200 disks for them. I still haven't tryed them all yet. Of all the old computers i have the iie is my favorite.
- author: Jonathan Adams (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
date: Friday 13rd September 2002
text: The Apple IIe was the very first computer that I used. This was back in 1990 when I started 4th grade. I have my own Apple IIe now.
related:
- /museum/apple-ii
- /museum/apple-ii-571
- /museum/apple-ii-clones
- /museum/apple-iic
- /museum/apple-iic-plus
- /museum/apple-iie-platinum
- /museum/microdigital-tk-3000
oc_id: 83
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230427065647/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=83
date: '2023-04-27'
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After having sold more than 750,000 Apple II and II+ systems, making it one of the best-selling brands in the global computing market, Apple released an updated version of the [II+](/museum/apple-ii/), the **Apple IIe** ('e' standing for enhanced).
It also met with very great success and was widely used in schools (still in use nowadays in some places!).
While retaining the previous model's capabilities and software library, the enhanced version featured a revised logic board, keyboard and case design. Since its launch back in 1977, the Apple had been revised 13 times, but never so drastically as with this model. The IIe used only 1/4 as many integrated circuits as the II+. Its keyboard featured 4 cursor keys and a lockable lid.
It was originally delivered with DOS 3.3 (the Apple II operating system) and later with PRODOS. The Apple IIe borrowed some features from the [Apple III](/museum/apple-iii/), 80-column text and lowercase support.
The Apple IIe was replaced with the **enhanced Apple IIe** in 1985, which had 128k RAM, 32k ROM, improved support for 80-column text and lowercase characters, and was powered by the 65C02 CPU, the same as the [Apple IIc](/museum/apple-iic/) one.
Finally in 1987, Apple released the **Apple IIe Platinum**, also called Extended Keyboard IIe, which had a new keyboard and other minor hardware changes.