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with
128K,
the
new
Apple® IIc Per-
sonal Computer
is
a
lot
bigger
than
it looks.
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The II«
has
aJid/
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keyboard
built-in
half-high
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drive.
Built
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for
modems,
printers
and
an
extra
half-high
drive.
Even
built
-in
mousetronics
so
it's
ready to
use
a
mouse
and
all
the
new
Apple
II
mouseware.
And
our
newest
brainchild
is
certainly
not
an orphan.
switchable
80/40-
You
can
grow
it
character
display.
Thin,
isn't
it? Even
with
its
built
-in
with
a
whole
family of
Switchable
disk drive.
Apple
II
accessories
and
peripherals.
QWERTY
/Dvorak
keyboard.
Because
it's
inherited
all the
talents
of the
eminently talented
Apple
IIe:
The versatility
to
run
over 10,000
different software
programs.
The ironclad reliability of
the
first
trueVlSI motherboard.
And
the artistic ability of
16
high-
resolution
colors.
The
IIc
also
has some
talents of
its
very own.
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instance, a
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Apple's
pages
of anything
you'd
like to
remember.
In fact,
you
can
grow
it
with enough
first
full
-color
print-on- anything printer
And
the
Apple
He
is
still
the most
cards
and
peripherals
to
run
just
about
for
under
$300, it
can
handle anything
any family
business.
Like
Saudi
Arabia.
expandable
personal computer there
is.
from business
graphics
to
term
papers.
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the only question
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whether
you
need
an expandable
The
IIc's
father,
of
course,
is
the
Apple
II.
As
in
IIe.
granddaddy
of
the whole personal com-
Or
a
compact
Apple
II.
As
in
Iic.
puter
industry,
the
Apple
lle.Which,
lest
Just
visit
your friendly authorized
we
forget,
has
quite
a
few
improvements
Built-in
ports
for
making
all
the
right
connections
Apple
dealer.
of
its
own
this
year.
You
can
increase
its
RAM
to
an
elephan-
And tell
them what
size
The
IIe
can now
use
our
ProFile
improvement
you'd
like.
hard
disk-
so
it
can
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about
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©1984
Apple
Computer
Inc.
Apple,
the
Apple logo
and
PmFileam trademarks
ojApple Computer,
Mc
CP
For
an
authorized
Apple
dealer
nearest wu, call
(800)
538-9696.
ln Canada. call
268
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or
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1984
WORLD'S
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MAGAZINE
VOLUME
22,
NUMBER
9
&
E
L
E
C
T
rs
Computers
O
N
I
C
S
Features
54
Real
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Interfaces
By
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Conway
Devices to link
your micro with the
physical world.
52
Nutshell
By
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Easy -to
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60
Keyboards:
The
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By
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The inner workings of the primary path-
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Columns
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12
Les Solomon
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86
Engineering Design
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Micros
By
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Lee
Micros are gaining the power of
expen-
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engineering design systems.
Computer Hardware
66
AT
&T
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New technology
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CMOS
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Ill
Analog computer techniques
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Magos
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4
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80
Tape Backup
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New
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48
Symphony
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