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Latest revision as of 08:02, 12 March 2024
Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
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Type | Computers |
Release date | 1980 |
Discontinued | 1984 |
Predecessor | Apple II |
Emulated | ✓ |
The Apple III is mostly a souped-up Apple II that melted its own guts and made the FCC mad.
Contents
Models[edit]
apple III[edit]
The apple III was released in May of '80 and retailed for $4340 and had a 6502A CPU at 1.8 MHz, 128K of RAM, a 80-column, 24-line display, 6-bit audio, built in 140KB 5.25-inch floppy drive, two graphics modes 560x192 in black and white and 280x192 with 16 colors or shades of gray. It had 4 expansion slots.
apple III Revised[edit]
The apple III was released in the second half of '81 and retailed for $3495. The reason for this is that the public had found a flaw in the logic board design so Apple had to pull the III off shelves and re-release it. This re-release had 256KB of RAM as standard. The FCC made Apple discontinue the apple III Revised because Apple didn't change the name.
apple III Plus[edit]
The apple III Plus was released in December of 1983 and it retailed for $2995, after Apple had to discontinue the apple III Revised because they did not change the computer's name after they modified it, they re-re-released it with a built-in clock, 55-watt power supply, and a //e-like keyboard.
Emulators[edit]
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | III | III Revised | III Plus | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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PC / x86 | ||||||||
MAME | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sara | 0.5.1 | ✓ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
This computer doesn't have too many emulators because of how bad it flopped. The first one that fully works is MAME.
Apple Inc. | |
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