With a small, sleek case, built-in 5. Photo by Kathryn Yu. It will likely be the first and last addition to his vintage computer collection, because he and his fiancee who he described as "surprisingly supportive" of the acquisition can't spare much more room in their one-bedroom New York apartment. If he were to own only one rare computer, "it had to be a IIc," Budiac said. The computer is as much a piece of art as it is a machine.
Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Nominate this object for photography. I purchased my Apple II plus in I think I was a mainframe computer programmer so I went on to write a compiled floating point basic computer game called Hegira. Later I loaned my computer to a local private school for the elementary kids to learn about computers.
I included some of the games, typically arcade types. It was a bit difficult dropping off my computer in the morning and retrieving it in the afternoon after school. But as a computer guy I wanted the kids, including my own, to be exposed to computers. It was fun watching the approaches. I watched the computing world change from mainframe building size computers to desktop units that could be carried under one arm. And eventually they came in notebook types that could both be carried in one hand and used on a public park bench.
If you're a computing type, be sure and enjoy the ride as the technology keeps changing. Ted Thu, I bought my first Apple II in about , soon after they were released. The only thing I learned how to use was Visicalc which was very difficult as the instructions were in scenario form.
So, if your need was not one of the listed projects one had to go through the ones available and pick out the steps related to your own project. I had just been parachuted in from Montreal to take over our New York operation of about people in a professional business.
Needless to say the locals were not enamored of this Canadian being their new boss When it came time for salary increases and production review their simple plea was how their business grew from the prior year.
I had hints that some had poor years before that. So I set up Visicalc to give me 'year-over-year-over year' comparisons. The staff could not understand how I knew all this as a newbie and it gave me great credibility. Carson Beadl Wed, The equivalent of five slot cards were built-in and integrated into the Apple IIc motherboard. It also meant less of a need for slots, as the most popular peripheral add-on cards were already built-in, ready for devices to be plugged into the rear ports of the machine.
The built-in cards were mapped to phantom slots so software from slot-based Apple II models would know where to find them i. In the rear of the machine were its expansion ports, mostly for providing access to its built-in cards.
The standard DE-9 joystick connector doubled as a mouse interface, compatible with the same mice used by the Lisa and early Macintosh computers. Two serial ports were provided primarily to support a printer and modem, and a floppy port connector supported a single external 5.
A Video Expansion port provided rudimentary signals for add-on adapters but alone could not directly generate a video signal Apple produced an LCD display and an RF-modulator for this port; the latter shipped with early IIcs.
The same composite video port found on earlier Apple II models remained present; however, gone were the cassette ports and internal DIP game port. The Apple IIc had a built-in 5.
A fold-out carrying handle doubled as a way to prop up the back end of the machine to angle the keyboard for typing, if desired. The keyboard itself was built into the front half of the case, much like a notebook computer, and had a rubber mat placed beneath the keycaps which acted as a liquid spill guard.
The Apple IIc was in production from April to August , and during this time accrued some minor changes. These modifications included three new ROM updates, a bug-fix correction to the original motherboard, a newly revised motherboard, and a slight cosmetic change to the external appearance of the machine.
The initial ROM, installed in machines produced during the first year and a half of production, was 16 KB in size. The only device which could be connected to the disk port was one external 5. Slower serial devices operating at baud or less were unaffected, as well as some faster devices which could tolerate the deviation. The solution to ensure all devices were compatible was to replace the TTL chip with an oscillator during manufacture.
Apple would swap affected motherboards for users who could prove they had an incompatible serial device e. It is important to note the problem did not affect all owners; it was more or less a hit-or-miss issue depending on the specific device connected. A new self-test diagnostic was provided for testing built-in RAM and other signs of logic faults. The upgraded ROM added rudimentary support for an external AppleTalk networking device which was yet to be developed.
The upgrade consisted of a single chip swap and a trivial motherboard modification , which Apple provided free only to persons who purchased a UniDisk 3.
A small sticker with an icon of a 3. Introduced in September simultaneously with the Apple II GS , this model introduced a new motherboard, new keyboard and new color scheme. This was similar to the function of the auxiliary slot in the original Apple IIe.
The new motherboard added a pin socket for plugging in memory cards directly, which allowed for the addressing of up to 1 megabyte MB of memory using Slinky-type memory cards. The new firmware removed the code for the cancelled AppleTalk networking device and replaced it with support for memory cards. Bumping out the non-supported AppleTalk functionality, memory now lived in virtual slot 4, and mouse support moved to slot 7.
The case style, however, remained Snow White. Changes included better detection of installed RAM chips, correction of a problem when using the serial modem port in terminal-mode, and a bug fix for keyboard buffering. Sometimes the differences were very minor, such as extra local language characters and symbols printed on certain keycaps e. European IIc. While it was welcomed as a means of making the IIc more portable, it did not integrate well as a portable solution, not attaching in a secure or permanent manner and not able to fold-over face down.
Instead, it sat atop the machine and connected via ribbon cable to a somewhat bulky rear port connector. Its main shortcoming was that it suffered from a very poor contrast and no backlighting, making it very difficult to view without a strong external light source.
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