1987 – 1990retired
Apple Extended Keyboard
“Alps switches, ADB ports on both sides — it left the desk with dignity”
“Alps switches, ADB ports on both sides — it left the desk with dignity”
“The last Apple II — it did nothing new, but did everything it knew, one final time.”
“The first network hung up so the whole world could log on.”
“Same beloved heart as the C64, minus the keyboard, minus the buyers.”
“Gone in 1990, remembered longer.”
“It quadrupled memory capacity and quadrupled the future along with it.”
“First Mac to see in color — and it never stopped looking good.”
“Aged to Platinum gray, expanded to 4MB, and loved right up to the last beep.”
“Expandable, snow-white, and quietly dignified — it retired so the Classic could carry on.”
“One integrated idea, smaller and easier to learn — gone with the dream it carried.”