Amaya Toman I ka hapa lua o ʻApelila 1977, ua hōʻike ʻo Apple i kāna huahana hou i kapa ʻia ʻo Apple II ma West Coast Computer Faire. Ua hōʻailona kēia kamepiula i kahi loli maoli i ke kahua o ka ʻenehana ʻike i kona manawa. ʻO ia ka mīkini mua i hana ʻia e Apple i manaʻo maoli ʻia no ka mākeke lehulehu. ʻAʻole like me ka "building block" Apple-I, hiki i kona hope ke kaena i kahi hoʻolālā nani o kahi kamepiula i mākaukau me nā mea āpau. ʻO Jerry Manock, ka mea nāna i hoʻolālā i ka Macintosh mua, ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā chassis kamepiula Apple II.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻolālā nani, hāʻawi ka kamepiula Apple II i kahi kīpē, BASIC compatibility, a me nā kiʻi kala. I ka wā o ka hōʻike ʻana o ka lolouila ma ka ʻahaʻaina i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻaʻohe o nā inoa nui i ka ʻoihana o ia manawa. I ka wā ma mua o ka pūnaewele, ua huki maoli ia mau hanana i nā tausani o nā mea kūʻai aku makemake.
Ma ka chassis o ke kamepiula i hōʻike ʻia e Apple ma ka fair, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hōʻailona hōʻailona hou o ka hui, i ʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu no ka manawa mua loa. ʻO ka logo ke ʻano o ka ʻāpala nahu a lawe i nā kala o ke ānuenue, ʻo Rob Janoff ka mea kākau. ʻO kahi hōʻailona maʻalahi e hōʻike ana i ka inoa o ka hui i pani i ke kiʻi mua a Ron Wayne, ka mea i hōʻike iā Isaac Newton e noho ana ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau.
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Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana ma Apple, ua ʻike nui ʻo Steve Jobs i ke koʻikoʻi o kahi huahana i hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ka West Coast Computer Fair i nā kūlana maikaʻi loa e like me nā hālāwai kūkā Apple ma hope, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Jobs e hana i ka hapa nui o ka hanana. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Apple e huki i nā mea kūʻai aku mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana, a no laila ua noho ʻo ia i nā hale ʻehā mua ma ka pūnaewele ma ka puka nui o ka hale. Mahalo i kēia kūlana hoʻolālā, ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka hui Cupertino ka mea mua i hoʻokipa i nā malihini i ka hōʻea ʻana. Akā ʻoi aku paha ma mua o 170 mau mea hōʻikeʻike ʻē aʻe e hoʻokūkū ana me Apple ma ka fair. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa ka waihona kālā o ka ʻoihana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā Apple ke hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻonani nani o kāna mau kū. Akā, ua lawa ia no ka plexiglass backlit me ka logo hou. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona Apple II i hōʻike ʻia ma nā kū - he ʻumi o lākou. Akā ʻo kēia nā prototypes i hoʻopau ʻole ʻia, no ka mea ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā kamepiula i hoʻopau ʻia e ʻike i ka mālamalama o ka lā a hiki i Iune.
Ma ka mōʻaukala, ua hōʻike koke ʻia ka kamepiula ʻelua mai ka hale hana a Apple he laina huahana koʻikoʻi. I ka makahiki mua o kona kūʻai ʻana, lawe mai ʻo Apple II i ka hui i ka loaʻa kālā o 770 tausani kālā. I ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua 7,9 miliona dala, a i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana he 49 miliona dala. Ua holomua ka lolouila a ua hana ʻo Apple iā ia i kekahi mau mana a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki XNUMX. Ma waho aʻe o ka kamepiula e like me ia, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Apple i kāna noi nui mua i kēlā manawa, ka polokalamu spreadsheet VisiCalc.
Ua iho ka Apple II i ka mōʻaukala i ka makahiki 1970 ma ke ʻano he huahana i kōkua i ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā Apple ma ka palapala ʻāina o nā hui kamepiula nui.
