The Apple II is literally the opposite of the Apple Macs nowadays. Back then you really OWNED the machine you bought & you were able to upgrade the heck out of it to your hearts content. But I guess the UX of the machines today is a lot better. Not an Apple guy, but I can appreciate the contributions they've made in the past.
Deoxit that socket! You certainly got a good deal there. 👍 Unfortunately not very common here in the UK. There’s something very charming about a small b&w crt.
It's probable that machine came with a single floppy drive and a 2nd unit was added in 1984. My 1980 Apple 2 came with 1 and I added a 2nd drive around 1981/2 - quite common in the day.
This is correct, and while some programs could use the Apple ][+’s 48K plus the language card’s 16K to make 64K of RAM, Oregon Trail is not one of them.
APPLE II had one thing that it desperately needed. A better keyboard with a GOOD numeric KEY-PAD. Back in the days when PC's were really coming into play, there were lots of people DOING numeric data entry on computers. I (for one) was doing a lot of NUMERIC data entry on keyboards that involved the IBM model F keyboard or terminals / work stations that HIGHLY resembled the Mod F numeric layout. IF the APPLE MACHINES had been designed with a numeric keypad, they would have had sales out the WAZOO. JUST SAYING!
The Apple II got the numeric keypad starting with the IIGS, around 1986. Apple was aggressively targeting consumers and schools with the Apple II line - I assume they felt they couldn’t compete with the established players in the business field.
@@bbishoppcm I will have to look that the IIGS. Do NOT remember hearing much about it. in my personal opinion, I am NOT sure about APPLE trying to focus on schools? How many schools would have the budget to be able to put an APPLE on every desk or even a single class devoted to computer science with something like 30 to 40 students in 7 through 12th grade. I don't think that a lot of parents would have had the money for providing a PC for home OR school. Just my thoughts! BE WELL & SAFE
You didn't grow up in the 80s, did you? I did, and these f***ing things were EVERYWHERE! Apple wasn't the "premium" product back then that it is now; they required almost no training to learn, and kept costs down by not including (or requiring) a hard disk drive - and schools bought these things up faster than they could manufacture them! Bell and Howell even had a contract with Apple to produce a version of the Apple II+ to produce a model exclusively available to educational institutions. Trust me - Apple knew what the hell they were doing.
The Apple II is literally the opposite of the Apple Macs nowadays. Back then you really OWNED the machine you bought & you were able to upgrade the heck out of it to your hearts content. But I guess the UX of the machines today is a lot better. Not an Apple guy, but I can appreciate the contributions they've made in the past.
WOW!! This is AWESOME 🤩 🍎 🍏
Deoxit that socket!
You certainly got a good deal there. 👍 Unfortunately not very common here in the UK.
There’s something very charming about a small b&w crt.
The Apple II is truly one of the best microcomputers of all time. Though I'm still slightly partial to the Atari ST line myself. :)
Also, it's cool to see your girlfriend show up in videos! She seems like a lovely lady Brandon!
It's probable that machine came with a single floppy drive and a 2nd unit was added in 1984. My 1980 Apple 2 came with 1 and I added a 2nd drive around 1981/2 - quite common in the day.
Hold the repeat key and another key to display it multiple times.
Pretty sure Oregon Trail's supposed to show a proper 64k required error message.
This is correct, and while some programs could use the Apple ][+’s 48K plus the language card’s 16K to make 64K of RAM, Oregon Trail is not one of them.
APPLE II had one thing that it desperately needed. A better keyboard with a GOOD numeric KEY-PAD. Back in the days when PC's were really coming into play, there were lots of people DOING numeric data entry on computers. I (for one) was doing a lot of NUMERIC data entry on keyboards that involved the IBM model F keyboard or terminals / work stations that HIGHLY resembled the Mod F numeric layout. IF the APPLE MACHINES had been designed with a numeric keypad, they would have had sales out the WAZOO. JUST SAYING!
The Apple II got the numeric keypad starting with the IIGS, around 1986. Apple was aggressively targeting consumers and schools with the Apple II line - I assume they felt they couldn’t compete with the established players in the business field.
@@bbishoppcm I will have to look that the IIGS. Do NOT remember hearing much about it. in my personal opinion, I am NOT sure about APPLE trying to focus on schools? How many schools would have the budget to be able to put an APPLE on every desk or even a single class devoted to computer science with something like 30 to 40 students in 7 through 12th grade. I don't think that a lot of parents would have had the money for providing a PC for home OR school. Just my thoughts! BE WELL & SAFE
You didn't grow up in the 80s, did you? I did, and these f***ing things were EVERYWHERE! Apple wasn't the "premium" product back then that it is now; they required almost no training to learn, and kept costs down by not including (or requiring) a hard disk drive - and schools bought these things up faster than they could manufacture them! Bell and Howell even had a contract with Apple to produce a version of the Apple II+ to produce a model exclusively available to educational institutions. Trust me - Apple knew what the hell they were doing.
Apple before they went full Apple...
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