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{{Infobox console
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|title = Apple II
{{Infobox computing device
|logo = AppleIIwithdd.png
| title = Apple II
|imagecaption = Apple II with the Disk 2.<br>Other models: [[:File:A2p.png|Apple II+]], [[:File:Apple IIe 001b.jpg|Apple IIe]], [[:File:Apple IIc with monitor.jpg|Apple IIc]], [[:File:A2e.png|Apple IIe Enhanced]], [[:File:A2plat.png|Apple IIe Platinum]], [[:File:Apple IIc Plus (front).jpg|Apple IIc Plus]].
| logo = Apple2Logo.svg
|developer = [[Apple Computer, Inc.]]
| image = Apple II-IMG 7064.jpg
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Computers]]
| caption = 1977 Apple II shown with two Disk II floppy drives and a 1980s-era Monitor II
|generation =
| developer = Steve Wozniak (original lead designer)
|release = June 1977
| manufacturer = [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer, Inc.]]
|discontinued = November 1993
| release_date = June 1977 (original Apple II)
|introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|1298|1978}}
| discontinued = October 1993
|predecessor = [[Apple I emulators|Apple I]]
| predecessor = [[Apple I]]
|successor = [[Apple III line|Apple III]], [[Apple IIGS emulators|Apple II<span style="font-size:75%">GS</span>]]
| successor = [[Apple III]] (intended)
|emulated = {{✓}}
| emulated = {{Ya}}
}}
}}


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==Emulators==
==Emulators==
<div style="max-width:100%;>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:64.97%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Name
! scope="col"|Name
!Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
!Latest version
! scope="col"|Latest version
!Active
! scope="col"|II
![[Licensing|License]]
! scope="col"|II+
!Compatibility
! scope="col"|IIe
!II
! scope="col"|IIc
!II+
! scope="col"|IIe Enhanced
!IIe
! scope="col"|IIe Platinum
!IIc
! scope="col"|[[Apple_IIGS_emulators|IIGS]]
!IIe Enhanced
! scope="col"|IIc Plus
!IIe Platinum
! scope="col"|[[Licensing|License]]
![[Apple_IIGS_emulators|IIGS]]
! scope="col"|Active
!IIc Plus
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
![[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
|-
!colspan="14"|PC / x86
! colspan="15" |PC
|-
|[[MAME]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}<br>{{License|BSD3}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|-
| AppleWin
| AppleWin
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases {{AppleWinVer}}]<br/>[https://github.com/redenvelope2000/applewin_L2/releases libretro core]
|[https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases {{AppleWinVer}}]<br/>[https://github.com/redenvelope2000/applewin_L2/releases libretro core]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|LinApple
|LinApple
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/linappleii/linapple git]
|[https://github.com/linappleii/linapple git]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|LinApple-pie
|LinApple-pie
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/dabonetn/linapple-pie git]
|[https://github.com/dabonetn/linapple-pie git]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|[[MicroM8]]
|[[MAME]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}}
|-
|[[Mednafen]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://mednafen.github.io/releases {{MednafenVer}}]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|{{WIP-Box}}
|-
|a2m
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/download/ 1.0.0]
|[https://github.com/StewBC/machines git]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|Unlicense}} ({{License|PDEQ}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|[https://apple2ts.com/ Apple2TS]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Web}}
|[https://github.com/ct6502/apple2ts git]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|CCBYSA}} 4.0 ({{License|Copyleft}})
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|[https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/ AppleIIjs]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Web}}
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]
|[https://github.com/whscullin/apple2js git]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[[BizHawk]]<br/><small>(Virtu based)</small>
|[[BizHawk]]<br/><small>(Virtu-based)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/releases {{BizHawkVer}}]
|[https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/releases {{BizHawkVer}}]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}<br>{{License|GPL}}  
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}<br>{{License|GPL}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[[Mednafen]]
|[[Clock Signal|CLK]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://mednafen.github.io/releases {{MednafenVer}}]
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{clkVer}}]||{{Ya}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} (WIP)
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]
|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]||{{Na}} ||{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|[[MicroM8]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/download/ 1.0.0]||{{Na}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[https://www.scullinsteel.com/apple2/ AppleIIjs]
|[[OpenEmulator]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/whscullin/apple2js git]
|[https://openemulator.github.io/ 1.1.1]||{{Na}} ||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}  
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[http://www.virtualapple.org/ Virtual Apple II]
|[http://www.virtualapple.org/ Virtual Apple II]
|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
|4.5
|4.5||{{Na}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}  
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[http://www.virtualii.com/ Virtual II]
|[http://www.virtualii.com/ Virtual II]
|align=left|{{Icon|Mac}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Mac}}
|10.3.1
|[https://www.virtualii.com/ {{VirtualIIVer}}]||{{Ya}}||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}  
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}} ||{{✓}} ||?
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|-
|[https://apple2ts.com/ Apple2TS]
! colspan="15" |Console
|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
|-
|[https://github.com/ct6502/apple2ts git]
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/A2DS A2DS]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|CCBYSA}} 4.0 ({{License|Copyleft}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/images/2/23/Apple2ds.zip 2008]||{{Na}} ||{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|a2m
|Apple II Portable
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|PSP}}
|[https://github.com/StewBC/a2m git]
|[https://www.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=4081&mcid=1 0.1-0173]|| {{Na}}
|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|Unlicense}} ({{License|PDEQ}}) ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}  
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
!colspan="14"|Consoles
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/PomDS PomDS]
| align="left" |{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/images/9/91/PomDSV20.zip 2.0]||{{Na}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|-
|-
|[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiApple WiiApple]
|[http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiApple WiiApple]
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
|[https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/wiiapple/wiiapple-0.0.7.zip 0.07]
|[https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/wiiapple/wiiapple-0.0.7.zip 0.07]||{{Na}} ||{{Dunno}}  
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{?}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|
|-
|{{Ya}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Ya}} ||{{Na}}
|Apple II Portable
|{{Dunno}}
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|{{Dunno}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}} ||{{Na}}
|[https://www.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=4081&mcid=1 0.1-0173]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/A2DS A2DS]
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/images/2/23/Apple2ds.zip 2008]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}}) ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/PomDS PomDS]
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://www.gamebrew.org/images/9/91/PomDSV20.zip 2.0]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
|}
</div>


==Models==
==Models==
====[[wikipedia:Apple_II|Apple II]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_II|Apple II]]====
The Apple II was released in June of '77 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1298|1977}} and had a 6502 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 4KB of RAM, a cassette tape for storage, a 1-bit speaker, 7 expansion slots, it's keyboard was only uppercase, a low-res 40x48 16-color graphics mode, and a hi-res 280x192 6-color graphics mode.
The Apple II was released in June of '77 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1298|1977}} and had a 6502 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 4KB of RAM, a cassette tape for storage, a 1-bit speaker, 7 expansion slots, its keyboard was only uppercase, a low-res 40x48 16-color graphics mode, and a hi-res 280x192 6-color graphics mode.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_II_Plus|Apple II+]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_II_Plus|Apple II+]]====
The Apple II+ was released in June of '79 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1195|1979}} and had the same 6502 CPU, 16KB of RAM, the same graphics modes, speaker, expansion slots, and keyboard as the original.
The Apple II+ was released in June of '79 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1195|1979}} and had the same 6502 CPU, 16KB of RAM, the same graphics modes, speaker, expansion slots, and keyboard as the original.
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The Apple IIe was released in January of '83 and had the same CPU and expansion slots as the Apple II, 64KB of RAM, had a full ASCII keyboard, it introduced the double-low-resolution graphics mode which had a resolution of 80x48 in 16-color, and a double-high-resolution of 560×192 in 16 colors.
The Apple IIe was released in January of '83 and had the same CPU and expansion slots as the Apple II, 64KB of RAM, had a full ASCII keyboard, it introduced the double-low-resolution graphics mode which had a resolution of 80x48 in 16-color, and a double-high-resolution of 560×192 in 16 colors.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIc|Apple IIc]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIc|Apple IIc]]====
The Apple IIc was released on April 24, 1984 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1295|1984}} and had a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 128KB of RAM, same graphics modes, speaker, as the Apple IIe, it had built-in storage, and a built in 140KB single sided 5.25-inch floppy drive. It did not have any expansion slots.
The Apple IIc was released on April 24, 1984, and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|1295|1984}} and had a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 128KB of RAM, same graphics modes, speaker, as the Apple IIe, it had built-in storage, and a built-in 140KB single sided 5.25-inch floppy drive. It did not have any expansion slots.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIe#Enhanced IIe|Apple IIe Enhanced]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIe#Enhanced IIe|Apple IIe Enhanced]]====
The Apple IIe Enhanced was released in March of '85 and was a Apple IIe but with a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz.
The Apple IIe Enhanced was released in March of '85 and was an Apple IIe but with a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIe#Platinum IIe|Apple IIe Platinum]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIe#Platinum IIe|Apple IIe Platinum]]====
The Apple IIe Platinum was just an Apple IIe Enhanced but with a full numeric keypad and 128KB of RAM.
The Apple IIe Platinum was just an Apple IIe Enhanced but with a full numeric keypad and 128KB of RAM.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIGS|Apple IIGS]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIGS|Apple IIGS]]====
The Apple IIGS was released on September 15, 1986.
The Apple IIGS was released on September 15, 1986.
Unlike other products in the line that features an 8-bit CPU, Apple IIGS is equipped with a 16-bit 65C816 CPU running at 2.8 MHz.
Unlike other products in the line that features an 8-bit CPU, Apple IIGS is equipped with a 16-bit 65C816 CPU running at 2.8 MHz.
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIc_Plus|Apple IIc Plus]]====
====[[wikipedia:Apple_IIc_Plus|Apple IIc Plus]]====
The Apple IIc Plus was released in April of '88 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|675|1988}} and had a 65C02 CPU at 1MHz or 4MHz (it was user selectable for older programs), 8KB SRAM cache, same RAM, graphics modes, speaker as the Apple IIe Platinum, and a built in 800KB double sided 3.5-inch floppy drive.
The Apple IIc Plus was released in April of '88 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|675|1988}} and had a 65C02 CPU at 1MHz or 4MHz (it was user selectable for older programs), 8KB SRAM cache, same RAM, graphics modes, speaker as the Apple IIe Platinum, and a built-in 800KB double sided 3.5-inch floppy drive.
 
== Enhancements ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="table-layout:fixed;text-align:center;width:100%"
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!AppleWin
!LinApple
!LinApple-pie
!MAME
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== Hardware features and peripherals ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="table-layout:fixed;text-align:center;width:100%"
! style="width:50%" |Name
!AppleWin
!LinApple
!LinApple-pie
!MAME
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==Clones and Quirks==
==Clones and Quirks==
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[[Category:65xx-based]]
[[Category:65xx-based]]
[[Category:Apple computers]]
[[Category:Apple computers]]
[[Category:Computers]]

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Apple II
1977 Apple II shown with two Disk II floppy drives and a 1980s-era Monitor II
Developer Steve Wozniak (original lead designer)
Manufacturer Apple Computer, Inc.
Release date June 1977 (original Apple II)
Discontinued October 1993
Predecessor Apple I
Successor Apple III (intended)
Emulated ✓

The Apple II was a family of computers produced by Apple Computer Inc. starting in June of 1977. The Apple II and related models put Apple on the map and is now considered one of their most successful product lines. The final model was discontinued in November of 1993. Steve Wozniak wanted to make a computer that was, "...small, reliable, convenient to use and inexpensive."

Emulators

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Name Platform(s) Latest version Active License Compatibility II II+ IIe IIc IIe Enhanced IIe Platinum IIGS IIc Plus Recommended
PC
AppleWin Windows 1.32
libretro core		 ✓ GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
LinApple Linux git ✓ GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
LinApple-pie Linux git ✓ GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.289 ✓ GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mednafen Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.32.1 ✓ GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ WIP
a2m Windows Linux macOS git ✓ Unlicense (Public domain equivalent) ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Apple2TS Web git ✓ CC BY-SA 4.0 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
AppleIIjs Web git ✓ MIT (Permissive) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
BizHawk
(Virtu-based) 		Windows Linux 2.11.1 ✓ MIT
GPL 		✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
CLK Linux macOS FreeBSD 2026-07-23 ✓ MIT (Permissive) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
DarcNES Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 9b0401/9b0313 ✗ Non-commercial ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
MicroM8 Windows Linux macOS 1.0.0 ✗ MIT ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
OpenEmulator macOS 1.1.1 ✗ GPLv2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Virtual Apple II Web 4.5 ✗ Proprietary ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Virtual II macOS 13.1.1 ✓ Proprietary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ?
Console
A2DS Nintendo DS 2008 ✗ BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Apple II Portable PlayStation Portable 0.1-0173 ✗ Proprietary ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
PomDS Nintendo DS 2.0 ✗ Proprietary ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
WiiApple Wii 0.07 ✗ ? ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ? ? ✗ ✗ ✗

Models

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Apple II

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The Apple II was released in June of '77 and retailed for $1298 ($6899 in 2026) and had a 6502 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 4KB of RAM, a cassette tape for storage, a 1-bit speaker, 7 expansion slots, its keyboard was only uppercase, a low-res 40x48 16-color graphics mode, and a hi-res 280x192 6-color graphics mode.

Apple II+

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The Apple II+ was released in June of '79 and retailed for $1195 ($5305 in 2026) and had the same 6502 CPU, 16KB of RAM, the same graphics modes, speaker, expansion slots, and keyboard as the original.

Apple IIe

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The Apple IIe was released in January of '83 and had the same CPU and expansion slots as the Apple II, 64KB of RAM, had a full ASCII keyboard, it introduced the double-low-resolution graphics mode which had a resolution of 80x48 in 16-color, and a double-high-resolution of 560×192 in 16 colors.

Apple IIc

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The Apple IIc was released on April 24, 1984, and retailed for $1295 ($4016 in 2026) and had a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 128KB of RAM, same graphics modes, speaker, as the Apple IIe, it had built-in storage, and a built-in 140KB single sided 5.25-inch floppy drive. It did not have any expansion slots.

Apple IIe Enhanced

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The Apple IIe Enhanced was released in March of '85 and was an Apple IIe but with a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz.

Apple IIe Platinum

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The Apple IIe Platinum was just an Apple IIe Enhanced but with a full numeric keypad and 128KB of RAM.

Apple IIGS

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The Apple IIGS was released on September 15, 1986.

Unlike other products in the line that features an 8-bit CPU, Apple IIGS is equipped with a 16-bit 65C816 CPU running at 2.8 MHz.

Apple IIc Plus

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The Apple IIc Plus was released in April of '88 and retailed for $675 ($1839 in 2026) and had a 65C02 CPU at 1MHz or 4MHz (it was user selectable for older programs), 8KB SRAM cache, same RAM, graphics modes, speaker as the Apple IIe Platinum, and a built-in 800KB double sided 3.5-inch floppy drive.

Enhancements

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Hardware features and peripherals

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Clones and Quirks

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There are many Apple II clone computers, such as Laser 128, CEC, Bell & Howell, etc.

Some Apple II clones feature special quirks, for example, Chinese characters display in CEC. These features are seldom being supported by most of the Apple II emulators.

MAME supports some of the Apple II clones, but they are listed as independent machines and each requires its own unique ROM set.

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