Re: Apple III???

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Eric Shepherd <eshepher@quicksilver.com> wrote:

> Paulhc <paulhc@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> >What is the Apple III that I've been seeing in some posts?  I think I
> >know what is looks like but actually never seen it in person.  I
> >remember when I was in grade school the only computers we ever used were
> >dozens of Apple ][e's, one Apple //c, 5 Mac LCII.  Never any Apple III.
> >I'm assuming it's pretty old for 2 reasons. 1: Beige color (new ones
> >were a silver, right?). 2: No other versions of the III like the Apple
> >][ (Apple ][+, ][e, //c, gs, etc.)
> 
> 
> The Apple /// was released around 1981 or so, I believe.  It had
> numerous problems, and was replaced by the Apple ///+ shortly
> thereafter (although it was still labelled "Apple ///" on the case).

I'm pretty sure that the original /// came out in 1980, with the
corrected version (still called an Apple ///) in 1981.  The ///+ was
much later, about 1983, and was noticeably different (though I've never
seen one).  The entire product line was discontinued about the time the
Apple //c was released (early 1984).

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