Amaya Toman Muhafu yechipiri yaApril 1977, Apple yakaunza chigadzirwa chayo chitsva chinonzi Apple II kuWest Coast Computer Faire. Kombiyuta iyi yakaratidza shanduko chaiyo yeruzivo rwemichina munguva yayo. Yaive yekutanga muchina wakagadzirwa neApple waive wakanyatso kuitirwa musika mukuru. Kusiyana ne "chivakwa chekuvaka" Apple-I, mutsivi wayo anogona kuzvirumbidza dhizaini inoyevedza yekombuta yakagadzirwa nezvose. Jerry Manock, uyo akazogadzira yekutanga Macintosh, ndiye aive nebasa rekugadzira Apple II komputa chassis.
Pamusoro pekugadzira kwayo kukwezva, komputa yeApple II yakapa kiyibhodhi, kuenderana kweBASIC, uye mifananidzo yemavara. Panguva yekuratidzwa kwekombuta pamusangano wataurwa, hapana mazita makuru muindasitiri yenguva iyoyo aive asipo. Munguva yepre-internet nguva, zviitiko zvakadaro zvakakwezva chaizvo zviuru zvevanofarira vangangove vatengi.
Pane chassis yekombuta iyo Apple yakaratidza pamutambo, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, brand new logo yekambani, iyo yakaonekwa neveruzhinji kekutanga, yaivewo yakanakisa. Chiratidzo chacho chaive nechimiro chechimiro cheapuro rakarumwa uye chakatakura mavara emurarabungu, munyori waro aive Rob Janoff. Chiratidzo chakareruka chinomiririra zita rekambani chakatsiva mufananidzo wekare naRon Wayne, wairatidza Isaac Newton akagara pasi pemuapuro.
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Kubva pakutanga kwebasa rake paApple, Steve Jobs ainyatsoziva kukosha kwechigadzirwa chakanyatsoratidzwa. Kunyangwe iyo panguva iyoyo yeWest Coast Computer Fair isina kupa anenge mamiriro akanaka seakazoitwa Apple makonferensi, Mabasa akafunga kuita zvakanyanya pachiitiko. Apple yakafunga kukwezva vangangove vatengi kubva pakutanga, uye nekudaro yakatora matende mana ekutanga pane saiti pamusuwo mukuru wechivakwa. Nekuda kweichi chinzvimbo chehurongwa, kupihwa kwekambani yeCupertino yaive chinhu chekutanga chakakwazisa vashanyi pakusvika. Asi pakanga paine vangangopfuura 170 vamwe varatidziri vaikwikwidza neApple pamutambo uyu. Iyo bhajeti yekambani yanga isiri iyo yakanyanya kupa, saka Apple yaisakwanisa kutenga chero inoyevedza yekushongedza kwayo. Nekudaro, zvaive zvakakwana kune backlit plexiglass ine logo nyowani. Ehe, pakanga painewo maApple II mamodheru airatidzwa pamastand - pakanga paine gumi nemaviri awo. Asi aya aive asina kupera prototypes, nekuti makomputa apedzwa aisafanirwa kuona chiedza chezuva kusvika June.
Nhoroondo, komputa yechipiri kubva kumusangano weApple yakakurumidza kuratidza kuve yakakosha chigadzirwa mutsara. Mugore rekutanga rekutengeswa kwayo, Apple II yakaunza kambani mari ye770 zviuru zvemadhora. Mugore rakatevera, yakanga yatova mamiriyoni 7,9 emadhora, uye mugore rakatevera kunyange mamiriyoni 49 emadhora. Komputa yakabudirira zvekuti Apple yakaigadzira mune dzimwe shanduro kusvika kutanga kwemaXNUMX. Pamusoro pekombuta seyakadaro, Apple yakaunza yayo yekutanga yakakura application panguva iyoyo, iyo spreadsheet software VisiCalc.
Iyo Apple II yakadzika munhoroondo muma1970 sechigadzirwa chakabatsira kuisa Apple pamepu yemakambani makuru emakombuta.
