{"id":167,"date":"2007-06-05T23:06:57","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveandyvonne.com\/davintosh\/?p=167"},"modified":"2007-06-05T23:06:57","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T17:36:57","slug":"happy-30th-birthday-to-the-apple-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2007\/06\/05\/happy-30th-birthday-to-the-apple-ii\/computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 30th Birthday To The Apple II!"},"content":{"rendered":"

appleii.jpg<\/p>\n

It was June 5, 1977 that Apple released the Apple II<\/a> for retail sale.<\/p>\n

The first Apple II computers went on sale on June 5, 1977 with a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor running at 1 MHz, 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 displayed 24 lines by 40 columns of upper-case-only text on the screen, with NTSC composite video output suitable for display on a monitor, or on a TV set by way of an RF modulator. The original retail price of the computer was US$1298 (with 4 KB of RAM) and US$2638 (with the maximum 48 KB of RAM). To reflect the computer’s color graphics capability, the Apple logo on the casing was represented using rainbow stripes,[1] which remained a part of Apple’s corporate logo until early 1998. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow; 4 KB of RAM standard. Another $1,340 to max it out to 48 KB!<\/p>\n

Just for a fun comparison, that same $2,638 could buy you a brand spankin’ new 24″ iMac with 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB SDRAM, a 250GB hard drive, Bluetooth and AirPort wireless built-in, a SuperDrive 8X, iWork, a wireless keyboard & Mighty Mouse, and all of the bundled software that comes with the iMac. After all of that, you’d still have an extra $75 to take your sweetie out for dinner.<\/p>\n

We’ve come a long way, baby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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