Step back into the late 1970s and early 1980s with a detailed look at the Apple II Plus, one of the most influential home computers of the early personal computing era. In this video, I showcase my personal 1979 Apple II Plus system complete with dual Apple Disk II floppy drives, Alps SKCC keyboard switches, expansion cards, and a vintage Sanyo VM-4509 black and white monitor while exploring the hardware and upgrade options that helped make the Apple II platform legendary among early computer enthusiasts.
Originally released by Apple Computer in June 1979, the Apple II Plus expanded on the success of the original Apple II and remained in production until 1982 before eventually giving way to the Apple IIe. The system became widely used in homes, schools, and businesses and played a major role in the rise of personal computing throughout the early 1980s. This video includes a guided tour of the Apple II Plus hardware including the motherboard, expansion slots, RAM configurations, official Apple Language Card hardware, Mockingboard sound support, and Disk II floppy drive interface cards.
Classic Apple II software demonstrations are also featured including loading Pac-Man from an original 1983 floppy disk and running Oregon Trail using the Floppy Emu drive emulator from Big Mess o' Wires. For retro computing enthusiasts, vintage Apple collectors, and fans of early personal computer history, the Apple II Plus remains one of the most iconic and historically important 8-bit computer systems ever created.