History of video games/Platforms/Apple II

History
The Apple II was launched in April 1977.

The Apple II was discontinued in 1993, having been a critical platform in the Computer market, and by extension the computer gaming market, for well over a decade and a half.

Around 2017 a massive effort was made to preserve as much Apple II software as possible, before media degradation made some software lost to history.

Technology
These specs are for the original Apple II. Later models offered enhanced capabilities.

Compute
The Apple II is powered by an 6502 processor clocked at 1 megahertz.

The Apple II originally shipped with 4 kilobytes of RAM, and could be expanded to 48 kilobytes.

Hardware
The Apple II shipped with an 8 kilobyte ROM.