Apple IIc

I have the main unit and monitor.

type computer
country USA
year 1984
os ProDOS
cpu MOS 65C02
speed 1.23 MHz
ram 128KB
rom 16KB
disk built-in 5.25″ floppy disk 140KB
graphic 40 x 80 columns text with 24 lines, high-res 280 x 192
colors 16 max
sound build in speaker
ports Joystick/mouse (DE-9), Printer serial-1 (DIN-5),
modem serial-2 (DIN-5), video expansion (D-15), floppy
(D-19), Audio-out, RCA connector

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The Apple IIc — The Apple II Goes Portable

Released in April 1984 at Apple’s ”Apple II Forever” event, the Apple IIc was the most radical redesign of the Apple II platform since the original. Where the Apple II and IIe were expandable desktop machines with open architectures, the IIc was a compact, closed, portable system — Apple’s first computer designed to be carried around. The ”c” stood for compact, and the machine delivered impressive capability in a remarkably small package.

Design Philosophy

The IIc packed most of the Apple IIe’s capabilities into a case roughly the size of a large hardback book, weighing just 2.7 kg. It included built-in disk drive, two serial ports, a mouse port, a joystick port, and an external disk drive port — all integrated into the compact chassis. The keyboard was full-sized and excellent. An optional LCD display and battery pack could transform it into a genuinely portable computing system, years before laptops became mainstream.

Technical Specifications

The IIc used the 65C02 processor — an enhanced, more power-efficient version of the 6502 — running at 1.023 MHz, with 128 KB of RAM and 16 KB of ROM. It was fully compatible with the vast Apple II software library, ran Apple DOS 3.3 and ProDOS, and supported the same range of languages and applications as the IIe.

Legacy

The Apple IIc was a commercial success and demonstrated that capable personal computers could be designed for portability. It sold over 1.2 million units and remained in production until 1988, when it was succeeded by the Apple IIc Plus.