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IIc, //c - the unique portable Apple II - US layout - 
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This is a tested an running well US Apple IIc including
the 110 Volt power supply and QWERTY (US) Keyboard layout. Comes with a copied
operating system Apple ProDOS 1.1 (by BeagleBrothers). This rare Apple Computer would
make a tremendous gift or would be a fantastic
addition to any collection - get this excellent
piece here for a great price! Photos
Serial Number: E7391ZYA2S4100 decoded:
Manufactured in: E => Singapore
Year of production: 1987
Week of production: 39
Production number: 1ZY => 2310
Modell ID: A2S4100 => Apple //c
Your Apple //c was the 2310th Apple manufactured during the 39th week of 1987 in Singapore.
...one day late in '82, Paul Dali showed him Steve [Jobs] a photograph of a Toshiba portable and they started fooling around with the idea of an Apple II that would look like the Toshiba but come with a built-in disk drive. They took out a IIe circuit board and a disk drive and a keyboard and played with them until they arrived at a promising configuration--keyboard in front, disk drive in back, circuit board in between. What got Jobs excited about this idea was the engineering difficulty of squeezing it all into a package not much bigger than a notebook. And a machine so small wouldn't have the expandability that characterized all the other II's. Like Macintosh, it could be taken out of the box, plugged in, and put to work--no extra parts to buy, no cables to figure out. It was the II reinvented as an appliance.
In April 1984, Apple unveils the Apple IIc with
an intense publicity extravaganza, at the Moscone
Center in San Francisco (read the Article: Apple
announces Apple IIc at the F.A.Q.
Section). During the presentation at Apple
Forever, CEO John Sculley made sure everybody
had an Apple IIc to look at. When he asked the
large crowd of Apple enthusiasts if they wanted
to see a IIc at work, a large crowd yelled back
in consent and 1,000 IIc's were held up for display.
Priced at US$ 1300, 2,000 dealers place orders
for more than 52,000 units on the day of its introduction.
The Apple IIc was the compact (the "c"
means compact) version of the Apple IIe. It had
the same characteristics but lot of features which
were optional on the IIe were provided on the
IIc (floppy disk drive, 80 columns display, color
display, 128 KB RAM), but unlike the Apple 2e,
it had no expansion slots, so it was hard to add
features to this computer. It came in a small
white case, and was built around an enhanced 65C02
processor, running at 1.4 MHz. It had 12 kB RAM,
(expandable to 1 MB) a built-in 5.25" floppy
drive on the side, and could be used with a mouse.
The Apple IIc+ was introduced in 1988, with a
4 MHz 65C02, RAM expandable to over 1 MB, a larger
ROM, and an optional internal 800 kB 3.5"
drive. The Apple IIc+ was discontinued in November
of 1990. It ran either with DOS 3.3 either with
ProDos and had the first version of QuickDraw
in ROM.
The Apple IIc was originally designed to be a
portable version of the Apple II, but it wasn't
a stand alone system, it had a powersupply and
no batteries, it coud also be used with a small
9" monochrome green screen which plugged
into the unit. The Apple IIc was mainly used as
a desktop computer. It sold well until it was
discontinued in September 1988 with the introduction
of the IIc+, the last computer in the II series.
The IIc+ included the new 800k 3.5" floppy
drive, 65C02 running at an option of 1 or 4 MHz
using a built-in processor switch, memory expansion
capability, and ports with mini DIN-8 connectors
(same as IIGS and Mac Plus). Though much better
than the IIc, it did not fare well due to compatibility
problems and the rise in popularity of the Macintosh
line and Apple II clones. The IIc+ was discontinued
in November of 1990.
Microprocessor
* 65C02 running at 1.023 MHz
* 8-bit data bus
Memory
* 128 KB RAM built-in
* 32 KB ROM built-in (16 KB ROM in original)
* Expandable from 128 KB to 1 MB (only through non-conventional methods in original)
Video
* 40 and 80 columns text, with 24 lines
* Low-Resolution: 40×48 (15 colors)
* High-Resolution: 280×192 (6 colors)
* Double-Low-Resolution: 80×48 (15 colors)
* Double-High-Resolution: 560×192 (15 colors)
Specialized chip controllers
* IWM (Integrated Wozniak Machine) for floppy drives
* Dual 6551 ACIA chips for serial I/O
External connectors
* Joystick/Mouse (DE-9)
* Printer, serial-1 (DIN-5)
* modem, serial-2 (DIN-5)
* Video Expansion Port (D-15)
* Floppy drive SmartPort (D-19)
* 12 Volt DC connector input (DIN-7, male)
* NTSC composite video output (RCA connector)
* Audio-out (?-inch mono phono jack)
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Dieser Apple IIc hat eine QWERTY (US) Keyboard
layout und ein 110 Volt Netzteil. Der Apple IIc
ist getestet und funtioniert wie vor 30 Jahren.
Kommt mit dem kopierten Betriebssystem Apple ProDOS 1.1 (by BeagleBrothers) auf 5.25 Zoll Diskette. Sehen Sie die Photos.
Das Design des //c wirkt auch heute noch modern,
es ist enwickelt von Hartmut Esslinger von Frog
Design Deutschland, Die rautenförmigen Tasten
oberhalb der Tastatur haben ganz offensichtlich
Atari beim Design der ST- und XE-Modelle inspiriert...
Beim //c hat Apple einen kompletten Apple //e
einschließlich der populärsten Erweiterungen
(80 Zeichen-Karte, integriertes 5.25 Zoll Diskettenlaufwerk)
in ein sehr kompaktes Gehäuse gesteckt. Zusammen
mit dem 9"-Monitor (optional erhältlich) ergab sich ein tragbares,
allerdings auf eine Steckdose angewiesenes System.
Der Apple //c tauchte in dem Film "2010 -
Das Jahr, in dem wir Kontakt aufnehmen",
der Fortsetzung des Kubrick-Filmklassikers "2001
- Odyssey im Weltraum", als Zukunftsvision
auf. Im Film war der seltene, von Apple erhältliche
LCD-Bildschirm an den Computer angeschlossen.
Somit hätten wir noch ein paar Jahre zu warten,
bis der //c erfunden wird ;-)
* Prozessor: 65C02
* RAM: 128 KB
* Betriebssystem: Apple Dos, Basic
* Video: 40 x 48 (16 col) / 80 x 48 (16 col) /
280 x 192 (6 col)
140 x 192 (16 col) / 560 x 192 (mono)
* Tongenerator: Beeper
* Hergestellt: 1984 - 1990
* Neupreis: ca. 1630 €
Photos
The Apple IIc including the 110 Volt power supply, disk support and power LED woking
Der Apple IIc mit dem original 110 Volt Netzteil, beide LEDs funktionieren
The Apple IIc backsite - Serial Number: E7391ZYA2S4100
The Apple IIc keyboard layout : International
QWERTY
Das Apple IIc Tastatur Layout: Internationales
QWERTY
The //c is tested, display is not included in auction. The Display is sold seperately here.
Der //c ist getestet mit //c Monitor (nicht enthalten). Den Monitor kann man hier kaufen. |
