Amaya Toman Engxenyeni yesibili ka-Ephreli 1977, i-Apple yethula umkhiqizo wayo omusha obizwa nge-Apple II eWest Coast Computer Faire. Le khompyutha yaphawula izinguquko zangempela emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe ngesikhathi sayo. Kwakuwumshini wokuqala okhiqizwe i-Apple owawuhloselwe ngempela imakethe enkulu. Ngokungafani "nebhulokhi yokwakha" i-Apple-I, umlandeli wayo angaziqhenya ngomklamo okhangayo wekhompiyutha esenziwe ngomumo nayo yonke into. UJerry Manock, kamuva owaklama i-Macintosh yokuqala, wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokwakhiwa kwe-chassis yekhompyutha ye-Apple II.
Ngaphezu kokuklama kwayo okukhangayo, ikhompuyutha ye-Apple II inikeze ikhibhodi, ukuhambisana kwe-BASIC, nemifanekiso yemibala. Ngesikhathi kwethulwa ikhompuyutha embukisweni oshiwo, abekho abantu abakhulu embonini yangaleso sikhathi ababengekho. Esikhathini sangaphambi kwe-inthanethi, imicimbi enjalo ihehe izinkulungwane zabathengi abangaba nentshisekelo.
Ku-chassis yekhompiyutha u-Apple abukise ngayo kulo mbukiso, phakathi kwezinye izinto, uphawu olusha lwenkampani, umphakathi owalubona okokuqala ngqa, lwalukhazimula. I-logo yayinomumo oyisithombe manje we-apula elunywe futhi inemibala yothingo, umbhali wayo kwakunguRob Janoff. Uphawu olulula olumelela igama lenkampani luthathe indawo yomdwebo wangaphambili ovela epeni lika-Ron Wayne, owawubonisa u-Isaac Newton ehlezi ngaphansi kwesihlahla sama-apula.
Igalari yezithombe
Kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe e-Apple, uSteve Jobs wayekwazi kakhulu ukubaluleka komkhiqizo owethulwe kahle. Yize i-West Coast Computer Fair yangaleso sikhathi ingazange inikeze izimo ezicishe zifane nezingqungquthela zakamuva ze-Apple, Imisebenzi yanquma ukwenza okuningi ngalo mcimbi. U-Apple wanquma ukuheha amakhasimende angaba khona zisuka nje, ngakho-ke wathatha amadokodo amane okuqala esizeni khona lapho emnyango omkhulu wesakhiwo. Ngenxa yalesi sikhundla samasu, ukunikezwa kwenkampani ye-Cupertino kwakuyinto yokuqala eyabingelela izivakashi lapho zifika. Kepha bekukhona abanye ababukeli abangaphezu kwe-170 ababeqhudelana ne-Apple kulo mbukiso. Isabelomali senkampani bekungesona impela esiphana kakhulu, ngakho u-Apple akakwazanga ukukhokhela umhlobiso omuhle wezitendi zawo. Kodwa-ke, yayanele i-plexiglass ekhanyayo enelogo entsha. Vele, bekukhona namamodeli we-Apple II aboniswe ezitebhisini - bekukhona idlanzana lawo. Kodwa lezi kwakuyizibonelo ezingaqediwe, ngoba amakhompyutha aphelile kwakungafanele abone ukukhanya kosuku kuze kube nguJuni.
Ngokomlando, ikhompuyutha yesibili evela endaweni yokusebenzela yakwa-Apple yasheshe yabonakala iwumugqa womkhiqizo obaluleke kakhulu. Ngonyaka wokuqala wokuthengiswa kwayo, i-Apple II ilethe inkampani imali engama-dollar ayizinkulungwane ezingama-770. Ngonyaka olandelayo, kwase kungamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7,9, futhi ngonyaka olandelayo ngisho namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-49. Ikhompiyutha yaba yimpumelelo kangangokuthi i-Apple yayenza ngezinguqulo ezithile kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwawo-XNUMX. Ngokungeziwe kukhompuyutha enjalo, i-Apple yethula uhlelo lwayo lokuqala lokusebenza olukhulu ngaleso sikhathi, isoftware yesipredishithi iVisiCalc.
I-Apple II yehle emlandweni ngeminyaka yawo-1970 njengomkhiqizo owasiza ukubeka i-Apple kumephu yezinkampani ezinkulu zamakhompiyutha.
