When you think of an Apple II, odds are you think of the Apple IIe. Overshadowed by both the Apple III and Lisa, the humble IIe was Apple’s unlikely savior in its time of need. How did it become the dominant educational computer in America while also being a beloved home and business machine? Listen to find out.

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Published February 21, 2022

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00:00:00 : Intro 00:00:31 : The Birth of the Apple IIe 00:17:25 : An Apple for the Teacher 00:25:30 : Mr. Jobs Goes To Washington 00:34:04 : The Head of the Class 00:45:31 : Outtro

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* The Apple IIe - The Centre for Computing History - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/209/Apple-IIe/ * The Apple III - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III * Drop IIIi nches: The Apple III Clock Chip - https://drop-iii-inches.com/2015/10/31/dr-sander-on-the-clock-chip-and-applelogic-org/ * SofTalk Magazine volume 3 issue 6 - https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n06feb1983/page/120/mode/2up * Double-Hi-Res from the Ground Up - http://www.battlestations.zone/2017/04/apple-ii-double-hi-res-from-ground-up.html * Woz Explains why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lower Case - https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/steve-wozniak-explains-why-the-apple-ii-didnt-support-lowercase-letters * Jeremy Reimer’s Marketshare Charts - https://jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?p=137 * Apple II Sales Charts - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15XJi00e7uswygc_j6boZoR8C5hK6YoZwa8vBCxnwVFE/edit#gid=0 * The Lisa’s Twiggy Drives - http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/lisa/twiggy.html * Apple II History - https://apple2history.org/ * Smithsonian Oral History of Steve Jobs - https://americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/sj1.html#kids * Creative Computing Magazine - Apples for the Teacher - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/178_9250_Apples_for_the_teac.php * The Apple IIe Card - http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/apple/technotes/aiie/tn.aiie.10.html

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