The Apple II (sometimes written as Apple ][ or Apple //) was the first popular
microcomputer manufactured by
Apple. Its direct ancestor was the
Apple I, a limited production
circuit board computer for electronics hobbyists which pioneered many features that made the Apple II a commercial success. Introduced at the
West Coast Computer Faire in
1977, the Apple II was one of the very first and most successful
personal computers. A number of different models were sold, and the most popular model was manufactured with relatively minor changes into the 1990s. By the end of its production in 1993, somewhere between five and six million Apple II series computers (including approximately 1.25 million Apple IIGS models) had been produced.
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