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Apple //c Unboxing

Apple //c Unboxing by dansays.
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Photo by Kathryn Yu

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musicman2202 says:

wow! so cooool! brings back memories:)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pete Prodoehl  Pro User  says:

I wanted than machine soooo bad when it came out... couldn't convince my parents though... :/
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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du_dragons  Pro User  says:

A friend of mine had a IIc - I had my mom's IIe every summer (she was a teacher). I finally got my own IIgs, and have had an Apple ever since.

That keyboard was the inspiration for the IIgs keyboard - to my mind, the best kb ever made by Apple.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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delfuego  Pro User  says:

Now, for the ultimate question: how're you gonna hook it up to the internet? When I unearthed one of my brother's old Duo 230s, we were fortunate enough to also have found the ethernet dock I bought for him, and hell if it didn't just plain work.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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mobiltom says:

got an IIc back in 1990 or so. With a defect disc controller. by some look I found an entusuiastic apple dealer that helped me to get a replacement chip from apple (only in exchange for the old one) and found someone to solder it on the board. I ran perfectly.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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dansays  Pro User  says:

@delfuego: I found instructions on how to configure it as a dumb terminal for my Mac. I'll play with that for a while, but what I *really* want to do is to dig up some old Apple II BBS software and let people connect to it over telnet, using my Mac mini as a proxy.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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variablizer says:

Where's the money shot of it actually, you know, on?!? Memories of middle school book reports are flooding back. Great set.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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ChimiHoffa says:

Yes, I was also concerned not to see a photo of it powered up!

Fire it up!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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dansays  Pro User  says:

Kathryn has a few powered-up shots.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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 Synaesthesia  Pro User  says:

This eBay item was mentioned in RetroMacCast #55. I hope you like your new toy!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bettnet  Pro User  says:

Anyone else remember Roy Scheider using one of these in "2010: A Space Oddysey"? It even had the near-mythical flat screen on it. In a couple of years you could make that vision come true!

Seriously, I had one of these back in the day. Awesome computer, replaced with my also long-lost IIGS. There's something about those pre-Mac Apples that hasn't been replicated in today's new Macs.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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ChristiAndIsaiah  Pro User  says:

I used one of these every day back in junior high. That really brought back memories. Loved that machine. I can almost feel the ProDOS coming back to me. Thanks for the set.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dan Bruno  Pro User  says:

Wow, this is great! Thanks for the photoset.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bill Blog says:

loved this set, congratulations
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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carlosmoralesq says:

thanks!, great photoset!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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AndyApple][ says:

Nice photo's. I have a lot of Apple ]['s but I don't have boxes...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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lacamerachiara  Pro User  says:

:-) very different.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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mrbluejello says:

Did it boot?!?!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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worldtechguy says:

I loved my //c! It was my second computer (after the Sinclair ZX-81) and my main computer for my first teaching job. A bunch of us teachers had a little user group and shared software between ourselves. I never paid for a single piece of software. Yep, I been a pirate for a long time! Thanks for the pics, it really brought back memories. BTW, It's still in my basement.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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conradchavez.com says:

@ Bettnet
YES, that "2010" scene of Roy Scheider on the beach with his ultra-flat Apple II Air...er, I mean //c is one of the first things I thought of.

Of course, watching the movie, knowing that the //c has no battery capability, I had to suspend my disbelief about the fact that there probably wasn't an AC outlet within range of his cord, way out there on the beach...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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spdorsey  Pro User  says:

My first was also an Apple //c (if you don;t count the Ohio Scientific from 1985).

Enjoy your new toy.
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mokolabs  Pro User  says:


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legotech  Pro User  says:

We had a ][c I played ALL the Infocom games on that puppy! We didn't have the super cool monitor tho...we had an amber monitor. Anyone else remember TAIPAN? You had to go from city to city and buy and sell stuff and fight pirates.

The ][c was the second computer, an Aquarius with the rubber keyboard and the 40 column thermal printer and software from Toys R Us. I even turned papers in printed out on that 40 column thermal printer :)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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hposadas says:

Taipan! That was an awesome game... oh how about Karateka, if you ran towards the Princess at the end, she kicked you in the family jewels... lol. I played the Ultima games from I - V on my //c.

I had a similar set growing up, different stand though, I also had the thermal printer. Finding ribbons for that printer was a pain in the rear end where I lived...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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mbrewer says:

What?! It doesn't come with the trick stand that are in the product photos on the box?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jestu what?! says:

"SEXY!"
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loez  Pro User  says:

this is soooo cool!
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ChimiHoffa says:

It's like some kind of beautiful dream.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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