Apple III
E77069
The Apple III was a business-oriented personal computer released by Apple in 1980 as the intended successor to the Apple II series, known for its advanced features but also for significant reliability issues.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple III canonical | 8 |
| Apple III Business BASIC | 1 |
| Apple III Business System | 1 |
| Apple III Plus | 1 |
| Apple III SOS | 1 |
| Apple III business computer | 1 |
| Apple III computer | 1 |
| Apple III personal computer | 1 |
| Apple III platform | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T615751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple III Context triple: [Apple Lisa, predecessor, Apple III]
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A.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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B.
Macintosh 512K
Macintosh 512K is an early Apple personal computer released in 1985 that expanded the original Macintosh’s memory and storage capacity, making it more practical for business and productivity use.
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C.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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D.
Macintosh LC
The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
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E.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple III Target entity description: The Apple III was a business-oriented personal computer released by Apple in 1980 as the intended successor to the Apple II series, known for its advanced features but also for significant reliability issues.
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A.
Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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B.
Macintosh 512K
Macintosh 512K is an early Apple personal computer released in 1985 that expanded the original Macintosh’s memory and storage capacity, making it more practical for business and productivity use.
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C.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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D.
Macintosh LC
The Macintosh LC is a low-cost, compact desktop computer introduced by Apple in 1990 as part of its early color-capable Macintosh lineup aimed at home and education markets.
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E.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business computer
ⓘ
personal computer ⓘ |
| announcedAt | National Computer Conference 1980 ⓘ |
| architecture | 8-bit ⓘ |
| caseType | desktop ⓘ |
| codename | Sara ⓘ |
| commercialPerformance | poor ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | most Apple II software (via emulation mode) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
MOS Technology 6502
ⓘ
surface form:
Synertek 6502A
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 2 MHz ⓘ |
| designIssue |
chips could come loose from sockets due to heat
ⓘ
lack of cooling fan ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| discontinued | April 1984 ⓘ |
| floppyDriveType | Apple Disk III 5.25-inch drive ⓘ |
| graphicsMode | text and low-resolution graphics similar to Apple II Plus ⓘ |
| hasNumericKeypad | yes ⓘ |
| includesLowercaseSupport | yes ⓘ |
| integratedFeatures |
80-column text hardware
ⓘ
built-in floppy drive ⓘ numeric keypad ⓘ |
| intendedSuccessorOf |
Apple II
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple II series
|
| introductionYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| keyboard | built-in full-stroke keyboard ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| market | business ⓘ |
| maxRam | 512 KB ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced business-oriented features compared to Apple II
ⓘ
overheating issues ⓘ significant reliability problems ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Apple III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple III Business BASIC
Apple SOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple III platform
|
| predecessor |
Apple II
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple II Plus
|
| priceAtLaunch | around US$4,340 (base configuration) ⓘ |
| primaryStorage | built-in 5.25-inch floppy disk drive ⓘ |
| ram |
128 KB
ⓘ
256 KB (expandable) ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 1980 ⓘ |
| reliabilityIssues | frequent hardware failures in early units ⓘ |
| rom | 4 KB ⓘ |
| successor |
Apple III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple III Plus
|
| targetUsers |
professional users
ⓘ
small business users ⓘ |
| textDisplay |
24-line display
ⓘ
80-column text ⓘ |
| unitsSold | approximately 65,000 ⓘ |
| wordSize | 8-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apple III Description of subject: The Apple III was a business-oriented personal computer released by Apple in 1980 as the intended successor to the Apple II series, known for its advanced features but also for significant reliability issues.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple III computer
this entity surface form:
Apple III Plus
this entity surface form:
Apple III Business BASIC
this entity surface form:
Apple III platform
this entity surface form:
Apple III SOS
subject surface form:
Lisa Office System
this entity surface form:
Apple III Business System
this entity surface form:
Apple III business computer