Apple II

E123754

home computer personal computer

The Apple II was one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers, helping to popularize home computing in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Apple II canonical	22
Apple IIe	6
Apple II Plus	4
Apple II series	4
Apple IIc	4
Apple IIgs	3
Apple II computer	2
Apple IIGS	2
16-bit Apple IIgs	1
8-bit Apple II	1
Apple II computers	1
Apple II family	1
Apple II personal computer	1
Apple II platform	1
Apple Pascal	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	home computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ
architecture	6502-based ⓘ
coFounderOfManufacturer	Steve Jobs ⓘ
colorCapability	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cpu	MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
cpuBitWidth	8-bit ⓘ
cpuClockSpeed	1 MHz ⓘ
designer	Steve Wozniak ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
discontinued	early 1980s (original model) ⓘ
displayOutput	composite video ⓘ
era	early 1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
expansionSlots	8 internal expansion slots ⓘ
formFactor	desktop ⓘ
graphicsMode	high-resolution color graphics ⓘ low-resolution color graphics ⓘ text mode 40×24 characters ⓘ
influenced	IBM PC ⓘ subsequent Apple II models ⓘ
introducedAt	West Coast Computer Faire ⓘ
introductionYear	1977 ⓘ
keyboard	built-in keyboard ⓘ
legacy	iconic early personal computer ⓘ
manufacturer	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
market	education ⓘ home users ⓘ small business ⓘ
massProduced	true ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputers ⓘ helping to popularize home computing ⓘ
notableSoftware	VisiCalc ⓘ
operatingSystem	Apple DOS ⓘ ProDOS ⓘ
predecessor	Apple I ⓘ
primaryProgrammingLanguage	Microsoft BASIC ⓘ surface form: Applesoft BASIC BASIC ⓘ surface form: Integer BASIC
ramMaximum	48 KB ⓘ
ramMinimum	4 KB ⓘ
releaseDate	1977-06-10 ⓘ
series	Apple II series ⓘ
sound	built-in speaker ⓘ
storage	5.25-inch floppy disk (Disk II) ⓘ cassette tape interface ⓘ
successor	Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apple II Plus Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apple IIGS Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apple IIc Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apple IIe

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steve Wozniak → designed → Apple II ⓘ

Steve Wozniak → notableWork → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II personal computer

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) → platform → Apple II ⓘ

UCSD p-System → platform → Apple II ⓘ

Apple IIe Card (for some models) → emulates → Apple II ⓘ

subject surface form: Apple IIe Card

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

Daniel Kottke → notableWork → Apple II ⓘ

Daniel Kottke → workedOn → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II computer

Apple Desktop Bus Mouse → compatibleWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIgs

Apple Desktop Bus Mouse → introducedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIGS

Mario Bros. → portedTo → Apple II ⓘ

Apple III → intendedSuccessorOf → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II series

Apple III → predecessor → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II Plus

Bill Fernandez → workedOn → Apple II ⓘ

Apple I → successor → Apple II ⓘ

Apple II → successor → Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II Plus

Apple II → successor → Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

Apple II → successor → Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIc

Apple II → successor → Apple II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIGS

Atari 8-bit family → contemporaryWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II series

Stephen → notableWork → Apple II ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Gary Wozniak

Stephen → designed → Apple II ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Gary Wozniak

Ashton-Tate → operatingSystemSupport → Apple II ⓘ

VisiCalc → platform → Apple II ⓘ

VisiCalc → helpedPopularize → Apple II ⓘ

UCSD Pascal → usedOn → Apple II ⓘ

Apple 5.25" floppy disk drive → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II Plus

Apple 5.25" floppy disk drive → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

Apple 5.25" floppy disk drive → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIc

Apple 5.25" floppy disk drive → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIgs

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → designedFor → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II series

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → compatibleWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIc

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → compatibleWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → compatibleWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIgs

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → platform → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II family

Apple UniDisk 5.25 → usedOn → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: 16-bit Apple IIgs

Apple II paddles → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II computer

Apple II paddles → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II Plus

Apple II paddles → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

Apple II paddles → usedWith → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIc

Maniac Mansion → platform → Apple II ⓘ

Microsoft BASIC → usedOn → Apple II ⓘ

Kottke → workedOn → Apple II ⓘ

subject surface form: Daniel Kottke

Homebrew Computer Club → influenced → Apple II ⓘ

Wolfenstein series → platform → Apple II ⓘ

Apple Desktop Bus port → usedOnPlatform → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II computers

ProDOS → operatingSystemFor → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II series

ProDOS → operatingSystemFor → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple IIe

ProDOS → platform → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8-bit Apple II

Randy Wigginton → workedOn → Apple II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple II platform