Apple clone
Apple Clones are copies (so-called clones ) of the home computer Apple II from the manufacturer Apple , which from 1977 was built.
The original Apple had hardly any highly integrated chips; most of the components, even the video electronics, were logic gates from the 74xx series. Only the 6502 - microprocessor and the 4116- DRAM memory chips were highly integrated for those times quite. At the same time, however, these two components were also easy to obtain, so that many companies dared to replicate them using the circuit diagram obtained via reverse engineering .
Some of the replicas had already built in the extensions that had to be purchased on plug-in cards for the original Apple II. Well-known examples are the 80-character extension and Z80 extension for the operation of CP / M .
Selection of Apple Clones
- Arhelger Electronic Orange 2
- Apco
- Arrow 1000
- Base 64
- Base 108/208
- Bell & Howell
- CAT computer
- Citron II
- CSC Euro
- CSC Euro 1000
- CSC Euro Super
- CSC Euro professional
- CV-777
- Diamond Computer Systems Diamond C2
- Dipa 109
- Dipa 209
- Franklin Ace
- Golden II
- InterTek System IV
- ITT 2020
- Kuen Hwa Clone
- Laser 128
- Laser 3000
- MicroSCI Havac
- Microcom IIe
- Multitech Microprofessor II (MPF II)
- Multitech Microprofessor III (MPF III)
- OS Micro Systems
- orange
- Panasia
- Pearcom
- Precision Echo Phase II
- Pravez 8 series (8 / 8A / 8M / 8C / etc.)
- Pineapple 6502
- Sekon
- Space 83