General Information

Serial #

145349

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.5 cm

Width

28.5 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Apple

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Cupertino

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1984+

Canada

AMERICAN DESIGNED & MADE APPLE II WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE. THIS DISKDRIVE WAS USED WITH APPLE IIC COMPUTER IN CANADIAN HOME FOR GAME PLAYING, WORD PROCESSING, & OTHER PURPOSES.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO EXPAND MEMORY OF MICROCOMPUTER, ENABLING IT TO ACCESS SECOND DISK CONTAINING SOFTWARE OR DATA.

Technical

EXTERNAL DISK DRIVE FOR APPLE IIC PC. ORIGINAL APPLE II, WITH COMMODORE PET & TANDY TRS-80, LAUNCHED PC INDUSTRY IN 1977. APPLE IIC APPEARED IN 1984. UNLIKE EARLIER APPLE II'S IT HAD BUILT-IN DISK DRIVE; LIKE THEM IT COULD BE USED WITH EXTERNAL DISK DRIVE AS WELL, TO EXPAND MEMORY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS: 'DISK IIC/ Model No. A2M4050Z/ Serial No. 145349/ Patents Pending/ Assembled in Ireland/ P/N 825-0820-A'/ BLACK 'Disk Drive IIc' & 'Apple' ON BOX

Missing

N/A

Finish

BUFF CASING, POWER CORD, FEET/ LIGHT GREY DISK DRIVE LEVER/ WHITE BOX

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED APPLE LOGO ON TOP ON DISK DRIVE & ON BOX