Apple 2
The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977. It is the first model in a series of computers which were produced until Apple IIe production ceased in November 1993. The earliest Apple IIs were assembled in Silicon Valley, and later in Texas; printed circuit boards were manufactured in Ireland and Singapore. The first computers went on sale on June 10, 1977 with a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor running at 1 MHz, two game paddles, 4 kB of RAM, an audio cassette interface for loading programs and storing data, and the Integer BASIC programming language built into the ROMs. The video controller displays 24 lines by 40 columns of monochrome, upper-case-only text on the screen, with NTSC composite video output suitable for display on a TV monitor, or on a regular TV set by way of a separate RF modulator. To reflect the computer's color graphics capability, the Apple logo on the casing has rainbow stripes, which remained a part of Apple's corporate logo until early 1998.
Works Developed in this Platform:
Work title | Author | Language | Year |
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Amnesia | Thomas Disch | 1986 | |
Deadline | Marc Blank | English | 1982 |
Enchanter | Marc Blank, David Lebling | 1983 | |
Leather Goddesses of Phobos | Steve Meretzky | 1986 | |
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Heads or Tails of It | Jeff O'Neill | English | 1987 |
Pac-Man | English, Ewe | 1980 | |
Planetfall | Steve Meretzky | 1983 | |
Portal | Rob Swigart | English | 1986 |
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels | Bob Bates | 1987 | |
Suspended | Michael Berlyn | English | 1983 |
SWALLOWS | Paul Zelevansky | 1985 | |
The Witness | Stu Galley | 1983 | |
Trinity | Brian Moriarty | 1986 | |
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams | Brian Moriarty | 1985 | |
Zork 1: The Great Underground Empire | Marc Blank, David Lebling | English, Ewe | 1981 |
Predecessor: Apple I Successor: Apple II Plus