Today marks the 30th birthday of the Apple II computer.
RetroThing.com reports, “There were other affordable hobbyist computer kits available before, but the Apple II was the first computer that was ready to run out of the box. It’s not surprising that an Apple II was the first computer that I used in elementary school since Apple made inroads with the U.S. educational system from their earliest offerings. What may be a surprise is that the Apple II was manufactured up until 1993 (with some redesigns and cost-reduced versions), with many still in operation today. Between five and six million of the putty colored machines were sold, (which still isn’t close to the Commodore 64’s record of 17 million!)”
RetroThing.com asks, “There’s still one question no Apple fan has ever been able to answer for me: Why in the hell does that green power light get so hot? Ouch!”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Happy 30th, Apple ][ !!!
Got my first Apple //e (128k) in early 1986. Had the duo disk, green monochrome monitor, super serial card, Apple joystick and the brand new ImageWriter II. Later I got a Hayes 300 baud modem and we had some great local bbs’. Man, those were the days.
Later I got a IIgs, which was awesome too but not quite as magical as when I got my //e.
I left Apple when they killed the Apple II line. It was the early 90’s and PC’s were taking off. A buddy of mine had a Gateway 386 that seemed like light years ahead of my gear and our local Apple retailer (Mini Concepts) had folded so off I went. A decade later…the day I got my PowerBook Ti felt a lot like the day I got my //e. Kinda magical, but I still miss the sound of the //e booting.
I remember that not so long ago (well, hmm, around 2000) a restaurant near where I live was still using the Apple II gs and remote controls to place orders. I haven’t been there in years but I would not be surprised to see they still use it.
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