???? – 1995retired
Commodore 64
“64 kilobytes, 17 million homes, and one very long goodbye.”
“It taught old software to speak Mac, then quietly slipped out the classroom door.”
The Apple IIe Card was a compatibility card that let certain Macintosh computers run software written for the Apple II, thanks to a blend of hardware and software emulation — though it drew the line at the 16-bit IIGS. Released in March 1991 for the Macintosh LC family, it existed for one loving reason: the schools. Classrooms had built up enormous catalogs of educational Apple II software, and this card let them kee
Apple retired the card in 1995, its job of easing the transition from Apple II-based schools to Macintosh-based schools effectively done. It wasn't murdered — it simply outlived its mission. For a few years, though, one small card carried an entire era of educational software across the bridge to the future.
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“64 kilobytes, 17 million homes, and one very long goodbye.”
“The computer left the room, but its ports stayed in every room since.”
“Six slots, one stout tower, and the last laugh over the fast young Quadras”