Amaya Toman Umlando we-Apple ulotshiwe kusukela engxenyeni yesibili yekhulunyaka lekhulu leminyaka elidlule, kanjalo nomlando wamakhompyutha we-apula. Engxenyeni yanamuhla yochungechunge lwethu "lwezomlando", sikhumbula kafushane i-Apple II - umshini obambe iqhaza elikhulu ekwenyukeni okusheshayo kokuthandwa kwenkampani yakwa-Apple.
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Ikhompyutha ye-Apple II yethulwa emhlabeni phakathi nengxenye yesibili ka-April 1977. Abaphathi be-Apple ngaleso sikhathi banquma ukusebenzisa i-West Coast Computer Faire ukwethula le modeli. I-Apple II kwakuyikhompiyutha yokuqala ye-Apple emakethe. Yayifakwe i-microprocessor enamabhithi ayisishiyagalombili ye-MOS Technology 6502 enefrikhwensi engu-1MHz, enikezwa ngo-4KB – 48KB we-RAM, futhi inesisindo esingaphezudlwana kwamakhilogremu amahlanu. Umbhali wedizayini ye-chassis yale khompuyutha kwakunguJerry Manock, owathi, ngokwesibonelo, naye waklama i-Macintosh yokuqala ngqa.
Ngawo-1970, imibukiso yezobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha yayingelinye lamathuba abaluleke kakhulu ezinkampanini ezincane ukuba zizethule ngendlela efanele emphakathini, futhi i-Apple yalisebenzisa ngokugcwele leli thuba. Le nkampani yaziveza lapha ngelogo entsha, umbhali wayo kwakungu-Rob Janoff, futhi yayinomsunguli oyedwa omncane - ngesikhathi sombukiso, u-Ronald Wayne wayengasasebenzi enkampanini.
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Nalapho, uSteve Jobs wayazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi ingxenye ebalulekile yempumelelo yomkhiqizo omusha isethulo sawo. Wayala izitendi ezine zenkampani ngokushesha emnyango wesakhiwo esihle, ukuze ukwethulwa kwe-Apple kube yinto yokuqala ebonwe yizivakashi lapho befika. Naphezu kwesabelomali esincane, Imisebenzi yakwazi ukuhlobisa amadokodo ngendlela yokuthi izivakashi zinesithakazelo ngempela, futhi ikhompiyutha ye-Apple II yaba yiyona nto ekhangayo (futhi de facto kuphela) kulo mcimbi. Kungashiwo ukuthi abaphathi be-Apple babheja yonke into ekhadini elilodwa, kodwa kungakabiphi kwavela ukuthi lobu bungozi bukhokhele ngempela.
Igalari yezithombe
Ikhompyutha ye-Apple II yaqala ukudayiswa ngokusemthethweni ngoJuni 1977, kodwa yasheshe yaba umkhiqizo ophumelelayo. Ngonyaka wokuqala wokuthengisa, kwaletha i-Apple inzuzo yama-dollar ayizinkulungwane ezingu-770, ngonyaka olandelayo le mali yanda yaba amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7,9 ahloniphekile, futhi ngonyaka olandelayo kwaba ngisho namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-49. Phakathi neminyaka elandelayo, i-Apple II yabona ezinye izinguqulo ezimbalwa, inkampani eyayisazithengisa ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. I-Apple II kwakungeyona yodwa ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile yesikhathi sayo. Isibonelo, isofthiwe ye-spreadsheet ephumelelayo i-VisiCalc nayo yabona ukukhanya kosuku.
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