1976 → 2026 / THE APPLE ARCHIVE

Early Apple.
A story in generations.

From the Apple I circuit board to pocket computers, tablets and modern Macs. Explore the hardware, the years and the ideas that shaped Apple.

EST.1976669 catalogue entries · 11 categories

21 entries in Early Apple · product generations and historical revisions

Apple I — Representative product/family photograph. The pictured configuration may differ from this release. Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1976

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Apple I

Apple’s first product was an assembled computer board. Owners supplied their own case, keyboard and display. It began the company’s hardware story in 1976.

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Apple II — Representative product/family photograph. A common 1977 Apple II setup, with a 9" monochrome monitor, game paddles, and a Red Book-recommended Panasonic RQ-309DS cassette deck Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1977

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Apple II

The Apple II put a keyboard and computer in a ready-to-use case. Its colour graphics and expandability helped bring personal computing to homes and schools.

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Apple II EuroPlus — Representative product/family photograph. Apple II Plus Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1979

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Apple II EuroPlus

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple II J-Plus — Representative product/family photograph. Apple II Plus Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1979

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Apple II J-Plus

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple II Plus — Representative product/family photograph. Apple II Plus Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1979

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Apple II Plus

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Bell & Howell — Representative product/family photograph. Apple II Plus Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1979

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Bell & Howell

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple III — Category illustration: Apple II EuroPlus (1979). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Category illustration1980

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Apple III

An early Apple computer from the Apple III line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple III Revised — Category illustration: Apple II EuroPlus (1979). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Category illustration1981

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Apple III Revised

An early Apple computer from the Apple III line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple III Plus — Category illustration: Apple Lisa (1983). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Category illustration1983

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Apple III Plus

An early Apple computer from the Apple III line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIe — Family illustration: Apple IIc (1984). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Family illustration1983

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Apple IIe

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Family illustration1983

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Apple Lisa

A business computer with a mouse-driven graphical interface. Lisa was an important step toward the graphical desktop, although its high price limited its market.

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Apple IIc — Representative product/family photograph. Apple IIc with matching monitor Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1984

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Apple IIc

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Family illustration1984

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Apple Lisa 2

An early Apple computer from the 68000 line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIe Enhanced — Family illustration: Apple IIc (1984). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Family illustration1985

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Apple IIe Enhanced

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Macintosh XL — Family illustration: Apple Lisa 2 (1984). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Family illustration1985

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Macintosh XL

An early Apple computer from the 68000 line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIGS — Representative product/family photograph. The pictured configuration may differ from this release. Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1986

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Apple IIGS

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIc Memory Expansion — Representative product/family photograph. Apple IIc with matching monitor Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1986

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Apple IIc Memory Expansion

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIe Platinum — Family illustration: Apple IIGS (1986). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Family illustration1987

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Apple IIe Platinum

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIc Plus — Family illustration: Apple IIGS (1 MB, ROM 3) (1989). This is not a photograph of the exact listed model. Resized and re-encoded; the credited image licence applies.

Family illustration1988

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Apple IIc Plus

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIGS (1 MB, ROM 3) — Representative product/family photograph. The pictured configuration may differ from this release. Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1989

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Apple IIGS (1 MB, ROM 3)

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Apple IIe Card — Representative product/family photograph. The PDS-based Apple IIe Card, featuring a 65C02 CPU, Gemini (Mega II spinoff), IWM and 256 KB of RAM Resized and re-encoded for this catalogue. Original image licence applies to this resized copy.

Family illustration1991

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Apple IIe Card

An early Apple computer from the Apple II line, part of the company’s personal-computing history.

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Early Apple.A story in generations.

Early Apple.
A story in generations.