Apple III

E77069

business computer personal computer

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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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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Apple Lisa → predecessor → Apple III ⓘ

Daniel Kottke → notableWork → Apple III ⓘ

Daniel Kottke → workedOn → Apple III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III computer

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

this entity surface form: Apple III Plus

Apple III → operatingSystem → Apple III self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III Business BASIC

Apple III → platform → Apple III self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III platform

ProDOS → inspiredBy → Apple III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III SOS

Jerry Manock → workedOn → Apple III ⓘ

Lisa Office System software suite → predecessor → Apple III ⓘ

subject surface form: Lisa Office System

this entity surface form: Apple III Business System

Sara → usedFor → Apple III ⓘ

Sara → refersTo → Apple III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III personal computer

Sara → platform → Apple III ⓘ

Apple SOS → operatingSystemFor → Apple III ⓘ

Apple SOS → platform → Apple III ⓘ

Apple SOS → targetHardware → Apple III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apple III business computer

Apple SOS → introducedWith → Apple III ⓘ