Apple II
Prev
Next
- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1977
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- 4 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 18 in.
- Manufacturer
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Fred Smith
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Location
- United States
- Keywords
- Education; Jobs, Steve; Wozniak, Steve
- Object ID
- X683.86
- Speed
- 1 MHz
- Memory Type
- Semiconductor
- Memory Size
- 4K
- Memory Width
- 8-bit
- Cost
- $1,298
Steve Wozniak designed the Apple II in 1977. The self-contained unit housed electronics, keyboard and power supply, with the BASIC language in permanent memory. A TV served as display. The floppy disk drive (1978) and spreadsheet program VisiCalc (1979) made it a blockbuster.
