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The '''[[wikipedia:Apple III|apple ///]]''' is mostly a souped-up [[Apple II emulators|Apple ][]] that melted its own guts.
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The '''[[wikipedia:Apple III|apple ///]]''' is mostly a souped-up [[Apple II emulators|Apple ][]] that melted its own guts and made the FCC mad.
  
 
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The apple /// was released in May of '80 and retailed for $4340 ($13,417.13 in 2018 money) 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.
 
===[[wikipedia:Apple_III#Revisions|apple /// Revised]]===
 
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The apple /// was released in the second half of '81 and retailed for $3,495 ($9,755.33 in 2018 money). The reason for this is that the public had found a flaw in the logic board design so Apple had to pull the /// off shelves and re-release it. This re-release had 256KB of RAM as standard. The FCC made Apple discontinue the apple /// Revised because Apple didn't change the name.
 
===[[wikipedia:Apple_III#Apple_III_Plus|apple /// Plus]]===
 
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The apple /// Plus was released in December of 1983 and it retailed for $2,995 ($7,476.71 in 2018 money), after Apple had to discontinue the apple /// 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 22:05, 11 December 2018

Apple III
Apple III+.jpg
Developer Apple Computer, Inc.
Type Computers
Release date 1980
Discontinued 1984
Predecessor Apple II
Emulated

The apple /// is mostly a souped-up Apple ][ that melted its own guts and made the FCC mad.

Emulators

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version apple /// Emulation apple /// Revised Emulation apple /// Plus Emulation Active Recommended
MAME Multi-platform 0.264 ? ? ?
Sara macOS 0.5.1 ? ? ?

This computer doesn't have too many emulators because of how bad it flopped. The first one that works fully properly is MAME.

Models

apple ///

The apple /// was released in May of '80 and retailed for $4340 ($13,417.13 in 2018 money) 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 /// Revised

The apple /// was released in the second half of '81 and retailed for $3,495 ($9,755.33 in 2018 money). The reason for this is that the public had found a flaw in the logic board design so Apple had to pull the /// off shelves and re-release it. This re-release had 256KB of RAM as standard. The FCC made Apple discontinue the apple /// Revised because Apple didn't change the name.

apple /// Plus

The apple /// Plus was released in December of 1983 and it retailed for $2,995 ($7,476.71 in 2018 money), after Apple had to discontinue the apple /// 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.

Apple Inc.
Apple Computer (1998).jpg
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