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April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

Update: 2025-04-24
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1984 – Apple introduces the Apple IIc, their answer to a portable machine. It weighed 7 1/2 lbs and featured a 1.023MHz CPU and 128 KB RAM. $1,295. The device device had a built-in floppy and peripheral expansion ports. This was a closed system – no expansion slots to plug in cards. It was deemed an appliance computer, which meant was ready to go when you pulled it out of the box.


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April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine