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I still have my Apple IIc. Sadly I lost the 5.25” disks that had my first programs on them :(

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My original apple IIe bought in 1983 is sitting on an old desk in my house.

256Kb expanded memory

80 column display card

2 x 5.25 disk drives and a collection of floppies

Gravis joystick.

Green screen has a tear in the fabric I need to repair. Other than that it still works.

Same here. But 256k? Mine was upgraded to 128… I didn’t know 256k was a thing

You are correct! 128k with the 80 column display card adding 64K. I had to look it up. Been a while since I used the Apple.

Can I guess that the green screen is an Amdek? My former employer (1983), we sold hundreds of thousands of those (and the amber version) to Apple II customers (and even Apple themselves).

Fun fact: the picture tube in that monitor was made in the US by Ball (the canning-jar company), the anti-glare fabric came from Ireland, and the rest came from Taiwan.

It's an Apple branded 'Monitor III'. Made by Hitachi for Apple according to the back label.

Man those Apple IIc's were just amazing little computers. I remember seeing them and they just looked so different and sexy (to this 10 year old nerd anyways). The whiteness, the molded keys, the weird case, everything about it was just so cool at the time and I still think so today. Sadly I do not have $500K to offer you...

Don't forget the Dvorak button, to annoy classmates

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