Daga tarihin Apple: Apple II yana zuwa

An rubuta tarihin kamfanin Apple tun daga rabi na biyu na shekaru saba'in na karni na karshe, kuma ya kasance daidai da tarihin kwamfutocin apple. A cikin shirinmu na “tarihi” na yau, mun ɗan tuno da Apple II - na'urar da ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin saurin haɓakar shaharar kamfanin Apple.

An gabatar da kwamfutar Apple II ga duniya a rabi na biyu na Afrilu 1977. Ma'aikatan Apple na lokacin sun yanke shawarar yin amfani da Faire Computer Faire don gabatar da wannan samfurin. Apple II ita ce kwamfutar farko ta kasuwar jama'a ta Apple. An sanye shi da na'urar MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor mai rahusa takwas tare da mitar 1MHz, an ba ta 4KB - 48KB na RAM, kuma nauyinsa ya wuce kilo biyar. Marubucin zayyana chassis na wannan kwamfutar shine Jerry Manock, wanda, alal misali, shi ma ya tsara Macintosh na farko.

A cikin shekarun 1970s, baje kolin fasahar kwamfuta na daya daga cikin muhimman damammaki ga kananan kamfanoni don gabatar da kansu ga jama'a yadda ya kamata, kuma Apple ya yi amfani da wannan damar sosai. Kamfanin ya gabatar da kansa a nan tare da sabon tambari, marubucin wanda shine Rob Janoff, kuma yana da wanda ya kafa ƙasa - a lokacin bikin, Ronald Wayne ba ya aiki a kamfanin.

Ko da a lokacin, Steve Jobs ya sani sosai cewa wani muhimmin sashi na nasarar sabon samfur shine gabatarwa. Ya ba da umarnin tsayawa hudu ga kamfanin nan da nan a kofar gidan baje kolin, ta yadda Apple ya gabatar da shi shi ne abin da maziyarta suka fara gani da isowarsu. Duk da matsakaicin kasafin kuɗi, Ayyuka sun sami damar yin ado da rumfuna ta yadda baƙi ke da sha'awar gaske, kuma kwamfutar Apple II ta zama babban abin jan hankali (kuma kawai) a wannan lokacin. Ana iya cewa gudanarwar Apple ta yi amanna da komai akan kati daya, amma ba da dadewa ba sai ga shi wannan hadarin ya biya sosai.

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Kwamfutar Apple II ta ci gaba da siyarwa a hukumance a watan Yuni 1977, amma cikin sauri ta zama samfur mai nasara. A cikin shekarar farko ta tallace-tallace, Apple ya kawo ribar dala dubu 770, a shekara mai zuwa wannan adadin ya karu zuwa dala miliyan 7,9 mai daraja, kuma a shekara ta gaba ya kai dala miliyan 49. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, Apple II ya ga wasu nau'o'i da yawa, wanda kamfanin har yanzu yana sayarwa a farkon shekarun XNUMXs. Apple II ba shine kawai muhimmin ci gaba na lokacinsa ba. Misali, babban maƙunsar software na VisiCalc shima ya ga hasken rana.