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The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple ][ or Apple //) was the first popular microcomputer manufactured by Apple. Its direct ancestor was the Apple I, a limited production circuit board computer for electronics hobbyists which pioneered many features that made the Apple II a commercial success.

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 monochrome, 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). In the UK it retailed for between £995 (4K) and £1900 (48K). To reflect the computer's colour graphics capability, the Apple logo on the casing was represented using rainbow stripes, which remained a part of Apple's corporate logo until early 1998. The earliest Apple IIs were assembled in Silicon Valley, and later in Texas. The printed circuit boards were manufactured in Ireland and Singapore.

Manufacturer: Apple
Date: June 1977

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Apple II Manuals:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Apple Parallel Printer Interface Card Installation and Operating Manual	Apple	Unknown
Apple II: Supplement to Owners Manual	Apple	Unknown
Apple II: Monitor II Users Manual	Apple	Unknown
Integer Basic Manual	Apple	Unknown
Apple II: DB Master (Digital Download)	????	Unknown
Apple II: Communications Interface Card Installation and Operating Manual	Apple	Unknown
Apple Parallel Printer Interface Card Installation and Operating Manual	Apple	1978
Apple II: Applesoft Basic Programming Reference Manual	Apple	1978
Apple II The Applesoft Tutorial	Apple	1979
Apple II: Reference Manual	Apple	1979
Apple II: Graphics Tablet Operation & Reference Manual	Apple	1979
Apple II: Reference Manual	Apple	1979
Apple II: DOS 3.2 Do's & Don'ts of DOS	Apple	1979
Apple II: The Applesoft Tutorial	Apple	1979
Apple Pascal Operating System Reference Manual	Apple	1980
Model 7490A GPIB Interface for Apple II Owners Manual	California Computer Systems	1980
Apple II: Apple Fortran Language Reference Manual	Apple	1980
Apple II: Apple Pascal Language Reference Manual	Apple	1980
Apple II: Apple Pascal Operating System Reference Manual	Apple	1980
Apple II Super Serial Card	Apple	1981
Apple III: Pascal - Introduction, Filer, and Editor	Apple	1981
Apple II: The DOS Manual (DOS 3.3)	Apple	1981
Apple II: Apple Language System Installation and Operation Manual	Apple	1981
Apple III: Visicalc III User's Manual	Apple	1982
Copy II Plus 4.0 Disk Utility System	Apple	1982
Apple IIe: Owner's Manual	Apple	1982
Apple II: DOS Programmer's Manual	Apple	1982
Accelerator II for Apple II and II Plus	Saturn Systems	1983
Apple IIe: Owners Manual	Apple	1985
GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System Version 2.0	Berkeley Softworks	1986

Apple II Articles:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Memories - MZ80B - Fond Memories		Unknown
Helen Clark (Helen Jackson): Reminiscence		Apr 2021
John Page: My time at LEO		2022

Magazines RELATED to Apple II in our Library

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Call-A.P.P.L.E. Extra - All About Pascal		Unknown
Popular Electronics - December 1977		Dec 1977
Practical Computing - July/August 1978	ECC	Jul 1978
Personal Computer World - August 1978		Aug 1978
Personal Computer World - September 1978		Sep 1978
Personal Computer World - November 1978		Nov 1978
Practical Computing - December 1978	ECC	Dec 1978
Practical Computing - April 1979	ECC	Apr 1979
Practical Computing - May 1979	ECC	May 1979
Personal Computer World - June 1979		Jun 1979
Practical Computing - October 1979	ECC	Oct 1979
Practical Computing - December 1979	IPC Electrical Electronic Press	Dec 1979
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - Complete 1980 Set		1980
Personal Computer World - March 1980		Mar 1980
Apple Orchard - Vol 1 Number 1 - March/April 1980		Mar 1980
Personal Computer World - July 1980		Jul 1980
Personal Computer World - August 1980		Aug 1980
Computer Age - September 1980	Computer Age	Sep 1980
Micro - The 6502 Journal November 1980		Nov 1980
Apple Orchard - Winter 1980 - 1981		Dec 1980
Personal Computer World - January 1981		Jan 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - January 1981		Jan 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - February 1981		Feb 1981
Computer Age - February 1981	Computer Age	Feb 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - March/April 1981		Mar 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - May 1981		May 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1981		Jun 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - July/August 1981		Jun 1981
Personal Computer World - July 1981		Jul 1981
Apple Orchard - Vol 2 Number 2 - Summer 1981		Jul 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - September 1981		Sep 1981
Personal Computer World - October 1981		Oct 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - October 1981		Oct 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - November/December 1981		Nov 1981
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - January 1982		Jan 1982
Windfall January 1982	Windfall	Jan 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - February 1982		Feb 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - March 1982		Mar 1982
Windfall March 1982	Windfall	Mar 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - April 1982		Apr 1982
Personal Computer World - May 1982		May 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1982		Jun 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - July 1982		Jul 1982
Personal Computer World - July 1982		Jul 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - August 1982		Aug 1982
Personal Computer World - November 1982		Nov 1982
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - February 1983		Feb 1983
Windfall March 1983	Windfall	Mar 1983
Personal Computer World - March 1983		Mar 1983
Windfall April 1983	Windfall	Apr 1983
Practical Computing - June 1983		Jun 1983
Windfall June 1983	Windfall	Jun 1983
Windfall June 1983	Windfall	Jun 1983
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1983		Jun 1983
Windfall August 1983	Windfall	Aug 1983
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - August 1983		Aug 1983
Windfall October 1983	Windfall	Oct 1983
Hard Core December 1983	Hard Core	Dec 1983
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - December 1983		Dec 1983
Personal Computer World - January 1984		Jan 1984
Hard Core February 1984	Hard Core	Feb 1984
Practical Computing - April 1984		Apr 1984
Hard Core April 1984	Hard Core	Apr 1984
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - May 1984		May 1984
Byte May 1984		May 1984
Apple User – May 1984		1 May 1984
Hard Core June 1984	Hard Core	Jun 1984
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1984		Jun 1984
Practical Computing - July 1984		Jul 1984
Apple User - July 1984		Jul 1984
Personal Computer World - August 1984		Aug 1984
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - August 1984		Aug 1984
Apple User - August 1984		Aug 1984
Practical Computing - September 1984		Sep 1984
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - December 1984		Dec 1984
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - January 1985		Jan 1985
Apple User - February 1985		Feb 1985
Apple User - March 1985		Mar 1985
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - May 1985		May 1985
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - July 1985		Jul 1985
Orchard Computing Atumn 1985		Aug 1985
Personal Computer World - January 1986		Jan 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - February 1986		Feb 1986
Personal Computer World Special: Business Computing The 1986 Survival Guide		Apr 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1986		Jun 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - October 1986		Oct 1986
Personal Computer World - November 1986		Nov 1986
Practical Computing - November 1986		Nov 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - December 1986		Dec 1986
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - January 1987		Jan 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - February 1987		Feb 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - March 1987		Mar 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - April 1987		Apr 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - May 1987		May 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - June 1987		Jun 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - August 1987		Aug 1987
Call-A.P.P.L.E. - September 1987		Sep 1987
Personal Computer World - November 1987		Nov 1987
Personal Computer World - December 1987		Dec 1987
Byte April 1987		9 Sep 2009
Byte January 1985		16 Sep 2009
Byte October 1986		16 Sep 2009

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