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Apple II
- Year
- 1977
- Creator
- Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs
- Company
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Location
- Cupertino, California
- Room
- Homebrew ↗
Description
The Apple II is a complete personal computer that Apple shipped in June 1977 for $1,298 with 4 KB of memory. It came with a keyboard, a power supply, a case, game paddles, and a manual.
Importance
The Apple II replaced the Apple-1 and took personal computers from hobbyists to schools. In 1979 the VisiCalc spreadsheet made it a business machine. Apple sold millions of Apple II computers from 1977 to 1993, one of the longest runs for a personal computer line.
Interesting fact
Early Apple II computers came with a cassette tape that held the game Breakout.
Sources
- This Day in History: Apple II Shipped ↗Computer History Museum · 1977-06-10
- 1977 | Timeline of Computer History ↗Computer History Museum
- Early Apple Business Documents ↗Computer History Museum (Dag Spicer) · 2009-06-02
- 1979 | Timeline of Computer History ↗Computer History Museum