Apple II GS

The last Apple II-series machine. Clocked at a lower frequency to prevent it from being faster than a Macintosh.

Apple II GS

The last Apple II-series machine. Clocked at a lower frequency to prevent it from being faster than a Macintosh.

The machine supports color on high resolution, has a very advanced sound chip (for that time) and is the very first Apple II that came with a GUI (GS/OS). This OS became System 6.0.1 for the Macintosh machines.

Fun detail is that this is the first time “Finder” is being named and used, still known today, in the latest OS X.

Despite the 16-bit CPU is this machine fully backwards compatible with the other Apple-II machines. This is basically the ultimate Apple II.

Catalog type
Desktop computer
Manufacturer
Release Date
September 1986
Processor
WDC 65C816 @ 2.8 Mhz
Memory
256kB
Operation System
Apple ProDOS / Apple GS/OS

Museum Collection

Set up interactively in the 80s area.

Videos

Apple II Commercial (1986)