From the e technical reference manual shiftkey mod. This archive contains a disk image that contains iie 1. The iie was replaced by more enhanced enhanced machines, but they never really caught on and the iigs came on the scene, and quickly faded in favor of the mac. Its technical but authored by someone who is aware that not everyone is as bright as he is. Within the books 240 pages, lashinsky paints a fascinating, entertaining, accessible and, seemingly, tightly. It either has a ribbon cable or a dsub style cable. The apple iie card boasted a 65c02 processor, 256k memory and a port for supporting a 5 14inch apple ii floppy drive and joystick. To perform this modification on your apple iie, all you have to do is solder across the broken diamond labelled x6 on the main circuit board. The card even had a floppy drive controller and connector for use with a 5. Remember to turn off the power before changing anything inside the apple iie. The hardware emulates many of the expansion cards that you would install in a bare iie, including 3. Hes a selfeducated software engineer who developed products for the apple in the early days and worked at apple, so this is not a hack of a book by any stretch. We also have lots of apple ii, ii plus, iie, iic and iigs manuals, software and hardware.
Put the functionality of the apple iie on an expansion card for the mac lc. Restoring two apple iie units part 3 the apple iie standard or nonenhanced introduction. Part two of the apple iie restoration project covered restoring an apple iie enhanced. The iieiic have a db9 connector which is physically but not electrically compatible with atari joysticks you may blow up the apple if you plug in an ataristyle stick, and the iigs has both kinds of connectors. The c in the name stood for compact, referring to the fact it was essentially a complete apple ii computer setup minus display and. I find the emu itself runs well if you set the speed to 25 in the config file easy via cyberduck ftp into your apple piie. Applications, utilities and general purpose software for the apple ii. It was a handheld apple iie, emulated on an atmega1284p. According to christie, design decisions on early versions of apples iphone os were made in a drab, windowless room with mac hardware running the software and a. The iie ram was configured as if it were a 48 kb apple ii plus with a language card. All of the download files are in zip disk format for universality of downloading. The apple iie was the first apple computer with a custom asic chip, which reduced much of the old discrete icbased circuitry to a single chip.
The apple iic, the fourth model in the apple ii series of personal computers, is apple computers first endeavor to produce a portable computer. Apple continued to produce and sell apple iie s up until 1993, extending the life of the apple ii series past 15 years. The apple emulator that comes with the retropie package is linapple and it is a little bit work in progress. Improved expandability combined with the new features made for a very attractive. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now builtin that were formerly only available as upgrades or addons in earlier models. Older macs that have at least 3 or more digits, whether it be an lc iii, a 475, a 550, 640, up to the 4 digit series of mac computers and i. It can either be connected directly to a composite monitor or, by means of a special, included cable, intercept the pcs graphic card signal and switch between the apple ii and pc display as needed. Wed mentioned it a few months ago in a links post when it had been posted to a. The iie contained 64k ram builtin, and allowed up to 128k ram using the 80. Apple2onlinestore the apple2onlinestore will be closed in celebration of the holidays 19 december29 december 2019. The apple iie the most personal computer 1983 the apple iie succeeded the apple ii plus in 1983. Inside features custom forms designed to support all your business needs. My super modded apple iie raspberry pi gaming system. As a result, it wouldnt run some of the better apple ii business software.
The apple ii fanatics here, the programmers of apple iis, the people. This change resulted in reducing the cost and size of the motherboard. Inside the room where apple developed the original iphone. Apple presents the iie inside story 1985 apple presents the iie inside story 1986 a2t apple corp diagnostics non iigs d apple iigs diagnostics 3.
All orders placed during this time will ship starting 30 december 2019 provided we have all necessary information including phone number and email address. Unzip the downloaded file to access the individual disk images for the software title. An apple computer inside an apple computer the ultimate solution was a brilliant one. The apple iie styled as apple e is the third model in the apple ii series of personal computers produced by apple computer. These slots are yours for the shaping, dear computer user. Even the back of the apple iie shows the potential of this machine to be utterly transformed by each owner. These blogs chronicle my rediscovery of the apple, some of the adventures in finding things both hardware and software, some of the sites i have found on the web, some of the vendors still producing items for the apples, and some of the people i have encountered along the way. Todays big news about apples hardware, software, services, and business. This article describes the resurrection of the second machine, an apple iie standard. In some ways this handicapped the project, since it was then necessary to use the. The apple iie is arguably the most successful computer apple has ever produced. So, anyway, what the heck did i find inside my apple iie. The apple dealer network used this book to emphasize the growing software developer base in education and personal use. Apple continued to produce and sell apple iies up until 1993, extending the.
The apple ii series trademarked with square brackets as apple and rendered on later models as apple is a family of home computers, one of the first highly successful massproduced microcomputer products, designed primarily by steve wozniak, manufactured by apple computer now apple inc. Hes a selfeducated software engineer who developed products for the apple in the early days and worked. Apple 2 products surplus games, educational programs, word processing, publishing, cables, accessories, etc. Well cover the basics of basic and run two simple programs. The inventor steve wozniak used only simple ttlics and easy to get electronic parts on the main board. One version of the iie had a numeric keypad built into the right side of the keyboard. A while back, jorj caught wind of a hackaday post from december. A clone of the apple iie, the trackstar e boasts 128 kb of ram, and support for all apple iie graphic modes. Starting with the discontinuation of the apple iie in late 1993, it became increasingly difficult to find paper magazines about the apple ii, and thus information about available new software and hardware for the apple ii. Software library the primary purpose of any library is to preserve cultural relics and this software library is no different. Cupcakuss mini apple iie must surely be a contender for the smallest computer running an apple ii emulator. Apple is offering a free apple iie system to every eligible elementary and secondary school in california. Heres an apple iie with motors and servo sword hot glued to it. If it is a ribbon style it will connect internally to the disk ii card inside the apple ii.
The package includes a 64k apple iie computer, a display monitor, one floppy disk drive, and a copy of apple logo, a computer language designed for students. The internet archive software library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Inside the apple iie on the left side, the original power supply has been removed and is replaced with my power board. Transferring files seems to come up regularly on all forums. See more ideas about apple iie, apple ii and apple. Theres a new operating system for the 39yearold apple ii. Heres the bottom side of the first apple iie with the motors and casters hotglued to it. The apple iie was released in january 1983, the successor to the apple ii plus. The computer apple ii own spelling apple or apple is one of the first single board computers and micro computers with housing. See more ideas about apple ii, apple and old computers.
Apple ii, apple and apple programming and productivity. Inside apple, which takes readers behind the tightlycontrolled scenes of apple. Also remember that changes such as this are at your own risk and may void your warranty. The platinum iie, the last of the apple ii line, was in production until. The company apple built it from 19771993 in different versions. Apple ii, apple e, c, iigs, iic plus, and apple programming and productivity software on 5. The apple iie was the most popular machine in the apple ii series. The apple iie included the new prodos operating system designed from the illfated apple iiis sos, and applesoft basic burned into the 32k rom. Here are 6 ways to move files tofrom an apple ii, tofrom a newer pcmac buy a cheap older mac. Running apple ii programs on your mac was pretty darn awesome. Wozniak wrote all the software for the original apple ii that was stored in its read only memory rom. The duodisk was plagued by reliability problems, however, and did not catch on as well as the apple iie itself.
The author is an amazing person who was at the forefront of personal computer software development at the very beginning. The software library contains software disk images that can be downloaded and used to recreate the floppy disks using diskmaker 8 or any other utility which supports the compressed format. Comments, suggestions, references, and general whathaveyou. It is in original apple computer disk and users manual in excellent workingtested condition.
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