Brendan's Classic Apple II Series Computers
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Apple //c (two-c)
The Apple //c was the portable big brother to the Apple II+. What it lacked in expandability (no card slots), it
made up for in portability and built-in features (such as audio with volume control and a headphone jack, more
RAM and a serial port). I got this one from my girlfriend's mother. (Many thanks go to them for this great toy!)
I got to play a number of my old games from my II+ on this, since they're binary compatible, and I also already
had a
game or two which required 80 columns of text that I couldn't play on the II+, only the //c or //e. When I got this machine, it came with an Apple ColorMonitor
instead of the usual tiny Apple "green screen" I had seen with it so often, a
Kraft KC3 3 button with trim - analog "precision" joystick, a Laser 128 1 button mouse, and an Apple
ImageWriter II color printer.
It's sad to see how much technology has driven down the price of older hardware
such as this. For example, I picked up an external floppy drive (as shown in the picture) from an Austin,
Texas Goodwill Computer Works for $2.95 in early 2000!
Some of the included software was:
- Broderbund's
- Print Shop - I don't think there was a single Apple II owner that had a printer that was without this!
- VCR Companion
- Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego - A popular game in which you use clues to find Carmen.
- Beagle Bros.'
- Beagle Write - (Formerly MultiScribe) - A word processor.
- ICR FutureSoft
- U.S. Gold
- Techno Cop - A fun game in which you drive to locations and catch the bad guys.
- Mindscape
- The Perfect Score - Computer Prep for the SAT
- The Perfect College
- Electronic Arts
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