APPLE  II

The original Apple I was not much more than a board and only 200 of them were made. The computers that started the Apple II line; the Apple II debuted in April 1977, and the II+ in 1979. They were sold with 1 MHz 6502 processors and anywhere from 4-48K of RAM. Released in January 1983, the IIe ('e' for enhanced) became the mainstay of the Apple II line. The IIc (1984) and IIc+ (1988) are 'luggable' versions of an Enhanced IIe, with many built-in 'cards'. The Apple IIGS represents a giant leap in the Apple II line. It can still run IIe software, but has a 16-bit 2.5MHz 65816 processor.