What was the significance of the Apple II computer?

What was the significance of the Apple II computer?

The user-friendly design and graphical display made Apple a leader in the first decade of personal computing. Unlike the earlier Apple I, for which users had to supply essential parts such as a case and power supply, the Apple II was a fully realized consumer product.

Did the Apple II have a hard drive?

Apple Inc. The Apple Hard Disk 20SC is Apple’s first SCSI based hard drive for the Apple II family as well as the Macintosh and other third party computers using an industry standard SCSI interface.

How much storage did the Apple 2 have?

Can a floppy drive be used on an Apple II?

The Disk II was designed specifically for use with the Apple II personal computer family to replace the slower cassette tape storage. These floppy drives cannot be used with any Macintosh without an Apple IIe Card as doing so will damage the drive or the controller.

How tall is the floppy drive on an Apple IIc?

The Disk IIc (A2M4050) was a half-height ​5 1⁄ 4-inch floppy disk drive introduced by Apple Computer in 1984 styled for use alongside the Apple IIc personal computer, the only Apple II to contain a ​5 1⁄ 4-inch built-in disk drive mechanism.

How does the Apple floppy drive controller work?

The Nibble Stream view can now show the confidence/validity of individual nibbles (by highlighting them in red) just like GCR streams. There are also much more log messages describing issues with disk structure and the detection of many copy protection schemes. The MC3470 test has been replaced by new Drive Analog Characteristics.

What was the first Apple floppy disk drive?

The Disk III was the first to allow daisy chaining of up to three additional drives to the single 26-pin ribbon cable connector on the Apple ///, for a total of 4 floppy disk drives – the Apple /// was the first Apple to contain a built-in drive mechanism.