User`s guide

As an educational tool, Apple II is a sound investment. You can program it to
tutor your children in most any subject, such as spelling, history, or math. But
the biggest benefit--no matter how you use Apple II--is that you and your family
increase familiarity with the computer itself. The more you experiment with it,
the more you discover about its potential.
Start by playing PONG. Then invent your own games using the input keyboard, game
paddles and built-in speaker. As you experiment you'll acquire new programming
skills which will open up new ways to use your Apple II. You'll learn to "paint"
dazzling color displays using the unique color graphics commands in Apple BASIC,
and write programs to create beautiful kaleidoscopic designs. As you master
Apple BASIC, you'll be able to organize, index, and store data on household
finances, income tax, recipes, and re
cord collections. You can learn to chart your biorythms, balance your checking
account, even control your home environment. Apple II will go as far as you
imagination can take it.
Best of all, Apple II is designed to grow with you. As your skill and experience
with computing increase, you may want to add new Apple peripherals. For example,
a refined, more sophisticated BASIC language is being developed for advanced
scientific and mathematical applications. And in addition to the built-in audio,
video and game interfaces, there's room for eight plug-in options such as a
prototyping board for experimenting with interfaces to others equipment; a
serial board for connecting a teletype,
printer and other terminals; a parallel interface for communicating with a
printer or another computer; an EPROM board for storing programs permanently;
and a modem board communications interface. A floppy disk interface with
software and complete operating systems will be available at the end of 1977.
And there are many more options to come, because Apple II was designed from the
beginning to accommodate increased power and capability as your requirements
change.
If you'd like to see for yourself how easy it is to use and enjoy Apple II,
visit your local dealer for a demonstration and a copy of our detailed brochure.
Or write Apple Computer Inc., 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, California
95014.
Apple II is a completely self-contained computer system with BASIC in ROM, color
graphics, ASCII keyboard, light-weight, efficient switching power supply and
molded case. It is supplied with BASIC in ROM, up to 48K bytes of RAM, and with
cassette tape, video, and game I/O interfaces built-in. Also included are two
games paddles and a demonstration cassette.
SPECIFICATIONS
* Microprocessor: 6502 (1 MHz).
* Video Display: Memory mapped, 5 modes--all Software-selectable:
o Text--40 chars/line, 24 lines upper case.
o Color graphics--40h x 48v, 15 colors
o High-resolution graphics--280h x 192v; black, white,
violet, green (16K RAM minimum required)
o Both graphics modes can be selected to include 4 lines of
text at the bottom of the display area.
o Completely transparent memory access. All color generation
done digitally.