Apple II line
First, Apple ][. Second, Apple ][+. Third, Apple //e. Fourth, Apple IIc. Fifth, Apple //e Enhanced. Sixth, Apple //e Platinum. Seventh, Apple IIc Plus. | |
Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
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Type | Computers |
Release date | June 1977 |
Discontinued | November 1993 |
Predecessor | Apple I |
Successor | apple /// |
Emulated | ✓ |
The Apple ][ line of computers is the line that put Apple on the map and is now one of Apple's most successful line of computers. Steve Wozniak wanted to make a computer that was, "...small, reliable, convenient to use and inexpensive."
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Emulators
Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | Apple ][ Emulation | Apple ][+ Emulation | Apple //e Emulation | Apple IIc Emulation | Apple //e Enhanced Emulation | Apple //e Platinum Emulation | Apple IIc Plus Emulation | Active | Recommended |
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PC | |||||||||||
MAME | Multi-platform | 0.265 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AppleWin | Windows | v1.27.12.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
DarcNES | Multi-platform | 9b0401/9b0313 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
KEGS | Windows | v0.91 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? |
BizHawk | Windows | 2.3.1 | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ? |
Consoles | |||||||||||
WiiApple | Wii | 0.07 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Apple II Portable | PlayStation Portable | 0.1-0173 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
A2DS | Nintendo DS | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Mobile | |||||||||||
AppleIIjs | Web Browser (Java) | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
Virtual Apple II | Web Browser | 4.5 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Models
Apple ][
The Apple ][ was released in June of '77 and retailed for $1,298 ($5,407.66 in 2018 money) 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.
Apple ][+
The Apple ][+ was released in June of '79 and retailed for $1,195 ($4,179.77 in 2018 money) and had the same 6502 CPU, 16KB of RAM, the same graphics modes, speaker, expansion slots, and keyboard as the original.
Apple //e
The Apple //e was released in January of '83 and had the same CPU and expansion slots as the Apple ][, 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
The Apple IIc was released on April 24, 1984 and retailed for $1,295 ($3,176.39 in 2018 money) and had a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz, 128KB of RAM, same graphics modes, speaker, as the Apple //e, 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 //e Enhanced
The Apple //e Enhanced was released in March of '85 and was a Apple //e but with a 65C02 CPU at 1.023 MHz.
Apple //e Platinum
The Apple //e Platinum was just an Apple //e Enhanced but with a full numeric keypad and 128KB of RAM.
Apple IIc Plus
The Apple IIc Plus was released in April of '88 and retailed for $675 ($1,424.85 in 2018 money) 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 //e Platinum, and a built in 800KB double sided 3.5-inch floppy drive.
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