Vintage Apple IIc Computer Review - Gamester81

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  • @Pinwormx
    @Pinwormx 11 років тому +1

    I'm your age. It was at my school. This started my computer obsession. Thanks for the video.

  • @Ace1000ks
    @Ace1000ks 11 років тому +1

    This was the first computer I've ever owned, and my parents got it for me in 1985. It still have it, and it still works!

  • @sinistermoon
    @sinistermoon 15 років тому +1

    Way cool man. I still regret picking up a couple free Apple IIs. But when it comes to collection old computers it's all about space. Awesome video. For sure brings back memories.

  • @gabbogabbo
    @gabbogabbo 14 років тому

    Great review man, love all your reviews. When I was growing up we had a commodore amiga 2000. I dont know too many details about that computer, but that thing lasted and was very reliable. My dad bought it in 1987 and we didnt get ride of it untill 1999.
    I played Zany golf and f14 strike eagle and some sort of astoriod game alot. I was a really neat computer, wish I could have kept it. Keep up the good work man!

  • @Smaug1
    @Smaug1 15 років тому

    I had one of these growing up too. Mine had the "correct" green screen monitor with the stand that wrapped around the CPU. I learned my first bit of programming on this.

  • @Gamester81
    @Gamester81  15 років тому

    Dude that's crazy. Good to know to be aware of it. Thanks.

  • @Gamester81
    @Gamester81  15 років тому

    I own a vintage Mac SE which I've done a review on a little while back. Yeah I own a handful of games for this computer, it's just Oregon Trail is one of my favs.

  • @rednight2476
    @rednight2476 14 років тому

    The 40/80 toggle
    video minitors and TVs can only display text up to 40 characters wide. If you had a monitor capable of it you could switch it to 80 column text mode, which is the same text mode PCs boot up to before starting windows. This is the preferred mode you want for writing or calling a BBS or other computer.
    Both the port with the printer and telephone are standard serial ports. Usually a modem would be connected the one with the phone and printer to the other. This is not required.

  • @BackForwardPunch
    @BackForwardPunch 15 років тому

    Great review, Gamester, love watching you get sucked into Oregon Trail. I used to love that game back in the day.

  • @BoyoOfficial
    @BoyoOfficial 11 років тому

    The port with the picture of a "phone" on it is the port for the modem.

  • @bhtooefr
    @bhtooefr 15 років тому

    @richardmaudsley77 The joysticks for the original ][ and ][ Plus did require you to pop the lid to plug it in, even on the later machines (even the IIGS) that provided an external port. (But, they didn't work on the //c, because they didn't have the same port, without making an adapter.)

  • @MaximumRD
    @MaximumRD 15 років тому

    I feel that way about the Commodore Amiga....
    It has a special place with me since it was the computer I grew up with and learned so much on.........

  • @adamthevictini
    @adamthevictini 12 років тому

    Gamester81, the 80/40 button switches between the 80 column layout and the 40 column layout.

  • @DlNKYDANA
    @DlNKYDANA 15 років тому

    Can't go wrong with Oregon Trail! Great childhood memory, sitting in class playing this. That music is atrocious, I could definitely do without that.

  • @MLIPTCCK
    @MLIPTCCK 10 років тому

    Ah the Apple II C I remember this computer , it was my first one EVER . I had loads of fun on it , now a days we have computers that far more advanced than what was produced back in 1984 before the NES was introduced

  • @wojiaobill
    @wojiaobill 8 років тому +2

    this guy doesnt age at all

  • @mechrob1
    @mechrob1 13 років тому

    if your wondering what the aptiva is its a computer made by IBM in 1994 but was released in 1995 the same year when the windows 95 OS came out that became the standard for this computer the unique thing about it is that it uses a 3D accelerator software made by ATI and the game that came with it utilize such software it was Mechwarrior 2 which I have also and like the computer my Mechwarrior 2 version is also rare.

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin 14 років тому +1

    The first computer game i remember playing was Moon Patrol on a green and black screened Apple II. One of my friends at the time was boasting how his older brother was making his own game where a helicopter goes into a volcano or something, that was probably a lie but i was so impressed that it got me wanting to create games too. and here i am, 20 years later and I have made, precisely zero games, wah wah!

  • @Gamester81
    @Gamester81  14 років тому

    @TheBloodyKnife1 I use a regular HP laptop computer.

  • @SMAAAASHTV
    @SMAAAASHTV 15 років тому

    from what I can remember on my old macs the port with the phone line on it is a serial port for a modem....I remember my old 14.4 global village modem having and s-video type adb/serial connector.

  • @pvtawol
    @pvtawol 14 років тому

    dude, you didn't even show us your shirt LOL! It fits perfect with this review. I have the one that just shows the wagon, and says, "You have died of dysentery." hahaha. Classic.

  • @nathanallan1
    @nathanallan1 15 років тому

    80/40 is the number of columns the screen displays vertically. Think C=, 40 colums for the C64 mode, 80 colums for the higher res mode.
    I will have to research the DVORAK thing.

  • @strictlysega
    @strictlysega 15 років тому

    my first beast was an Amstrad 1512.. it was a black and white monster but had its own mouse and gui..

  • @MattBytesRetro
    @MattBytesRetro 15 років тому +1

    That's actually the QWERTY layout not the Dvorak layout.

  • @hawkez2003
    @hawkez2003 15 років тому

    The 40/80 switch was 40 or 80 columns. Giving you more characters per line. The 80 column card was an add on in earlier apples ][ computers. Also I am sure that youean meant QWERTY keyboard layout not DVORAK. Look to the right of the TAB key. Anyway, great little machine. I did a lot of BASIC programming on one of those.

  • @dkovacs
    @dkovacs 15 років тому

    That 40/80 switch - I imagine it switches between 40 and 80 column display. I thought only the Commodore 128 had one of those.

  • @sennaho
    @sennaho 15 років тому

    That was really cool :) I have been growing up with Apple computers all my life, but I am far too young to remember this one, or even had heard of it!

  • @testlevel
    @testlevel 15 років тому

    wow!! I used to love Oregon Trail!!! Takes me back to my childhood

  • @Gamester81
    @Gamester81  14 років тому

    @Ausbis145josh Nice the Macintosh SE is classic as well!

  • @THOMASSU63
    @THOMASSU63 15 років тому

    Roy Scheider's character in 2010 used this computer on the beach with a LCD screen attached to it. Don't know if it was real or just a mock up. I always wanted one of these back in the days, but they were super expensive. So I had to make do with the Atari 800 I had.

  • @lemonlimestiv
    @lemonlimestiv 15 років тому

    xmas of 84' got an apple IIe, double disk drive, printer, and a modem! one of the best xmas's ever!!!
    i think i even got a mongoose bmx that year!!

  • @Gamester81
    @Gamester81  15 років тому

    Thanks man. What's kind of computer is a TAM? =)

  • @dave4shmups
    @dave4shmups 15 років тому

    Awesome trip down memory lane! I first played Oregon Trail in 3rd grade, back in 1987! It was on an Apple IIe.
    I wonder if you can hook an Apple IIc to a TV??

  • @The90sGamingGuy
    @The90sGamingGuy 15 років тому

    I wonder how much an Apple llc goes for now? I remember playing Oregon trail in the early 90's in elementary school. I believe Sticky Bear was a cartroon, and or book. Don't quote me on that. Interesting retro computer. Another 5 star vid.

  • @SamuraiClinton
    @SamuraiClinton 15 років тому

    The Apple IIGS was my favorite Apple II computer.

  • @-DeScruff
    @-DeScruff 15 років тому

    yeah the 80/40 is your columns, the c64 had 40 I believe, some monitors are only compatible with one mode, and on the c128, it could go on both. though from what I remember... on the c128 it did make the difference of what you could and couldn't play (which for me my only 80 game was pacman...)

  • @duskfall_777
    @duskfall_777 3 роки тому +1

    This is the qwerty layout, not dvorak

  • @PhyA52
    @PhyA52 15 років тому

    Oh man.
    I remember playing Oregon Trail and Reader Rabbit in Elementary School.
    I also use to play some Turtle game that I thought was cool just because TMNT was out back then.
    Also, only my class was allowed to use these comps back then because we were the "first top" (honors) class.
    I would literally give anything to start over in those days....

  • @bitpixpr
    @bitpixpr 15 років тому

    Thats an awesome computer Gamester really like it 5stars.

  • @Lachlant1984
    @Lachlant1984 15 років тому

    I've not used the clone you speak of, but I do know those computers were made by Vtech, who turned to making kids electronic learning aids, I've owned 2 of them in the past.

  • @mechrob1
    @mechrob1 13 років тому

    In specking of reader rabbit I have the sequel reader rabbit 2 on my Rare IBM Aptvia computer and like you I have an apple computer but its a mac IIci without the monitor but I'm still searching for one and Ive also played a mac version of Oregon trail back in 1999.

  • @GamerBoyGU82
    @GamerBoyGU82 15 років тому

    I don't think there's anyone in the 80's who didn't play oregon trail in scool =)
    Great vid man and don't go dying of dysentery Gamester!

  • @CyanideSublime
    @CyanideSublime 10 років тому

    Oregon Trail was my escape during the school hours. That and Super Munchers.

  • @mhmrules
    @mhmrules 14 років тому

    I LOVED Reader Rabbit when I was in Kindergarden back in 96. Our school even had Apple //es.

  • @tvandlust
    @tvandlust 15 років тому

    Wow, haha, brings back memories. I used to play a ton of Oregon Trail and Number Munchers.

  • @zeldajunkielol2
    @zeldajunkielol2 15 років тому

    reader rabbit was the bomb. I grew up in the 90s and and played reader rabbit and those super solvers games.

  • @pandanurse
    @pandanurse 14 років тому

    Could you make a playlist of all your computer reviews?

  • @Natebeats
    @Natebeats 14 років тому

    @Gamester81 Omg the Oregon trail! I remember this game from 13 years ago in school
    best game ever!

  • @summer20105707
    @summer20105707 14 років тому

    Great review thanks

  • @TDF090779
    @TDF090779 15 років тому

    I had one of these computers when I was a kid.

  • @thetylife
    @thetylife 15 років тому

    Looks like you really got into the game lol.Would of been phenomenal if I had one when I was a kid.

  • @silntdoogood
    @silntdoogood 15 років тому

    the arrow keys in a line arranged the way they are. but that's just me.

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    80/40 It switches between 40 column and 80 column mode. Witch columns the screen displays verticall. 40 is better for TV and older programs only support 40(40x58) but newer software like apple works takes full advantage of 80(80 x 48). thats in text mode in graphics mode(the switch becomes meaningless and the apple 2c can display up to 560 x 192. I think the software your mom had was Print Shop But I could be wrong. By the way i keep an apple 2 in the kids room

  • @supernintendohotdog
    @supernintendohotdog 15 років тому

    i laughed so hard when you said "damn you" to the elk that ran away!

  • @Pimpo168
    @Pimpo168 15 років тому

    I remember this thing but the screens we had at school was green and black no colors

  • @dave4shmups
    @dave4shmups 10 років тому +1

    That is so cool! I wonder if you can hook the Apple IIc up to a CRT TV and get a color picture out of it??

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    only later apple 2's did starting with the 2e as and add on card that all so boosted graphic modes

  • @MarNieCo
    @MarNieCo 12 років тому

    My first PC was an Apple Performer from 96. I was born much later though so i guess its only logical. I handle a lot of old PC stuff at the store where i work, i mostly handle the waste disposal and sell the crap of to recycling plants. Its funny what kind of stuff you find. Or sometimes what kind of stuff my boss thinks could still be sold. If any of you want a Mac from 1996 or 1998 come by some time. xD

  • @goldeneyecheaterfan
    @goldeneyecheaterfan 13 років тому

    I remember a game similar, very similar to the game your playing. its more recent like 2003 and i liked it but i can't remember what it was.

  • @Ausbis145josh
    @Ausbis145josh 14 років тому

    I was bidding on a Apple II C once but I lost the auction. I ended up getting a Macintosh SE instead.

  • @ATARI800XLfan
    @ATARI800XLfan 13 років тому

    Which one is better for collecting and gaming, a Apple IIC/E or a Apple IIGS?

  • @newcoleco
    @newcoleco 15 років тому

    I do remember the Apple 2 to be popular, but no eon I knew in the 80s and 90s had this computer. One had an Atari 400 (or 800), some had a Mac like a monobloc with everything including the screen, and many had a COCO or a Commodore computer. So, my experience level with an Apple IIc or IIe computer is approximately zero.

  • @gutterguy720
    @gutterguy720 15 років тому

    I love that game. Anyone know where I can find it for Vista?

  • @thompsoon1
    @thompsoon1 13 років тому

    That music is roger ramjet

  • @elsquibbs
    @elsquibbs 14 років тому

    I remember Moon Patrol, Spy Hunter and Carmen Sandiego on this computer.

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    I wish I could find the apple 2gs Wozniak edition

  • @HDv1de0
    @HDv1de0 14 років тому

    the port with the picture of the phone is probably apple talk

  • @lestat34208
    @lestat34208 15 років тому

    I used to have it and tons of games too

  • @strictlysega
    @strictlysega 15 років тому

    yep hawkez is right mate.. the DVORAK keyboard went
    P Y F G C R L
    A O E U I D H T N S
    Q J K X B M W V C
    didnt it have a rubber mat and a swtich that could let u switch between qwerty and dvorak modes?
    My friend on the other side of the street had a 2c, i remember the grunting disk drive and having to flip over the disks all the time..*sigh* double sided disks...
    Finally i dont remember the IIc having such a big screen and with color.. still nice setup mate. brought back some great memories then.

  • @paulspruill
    @paulspruill 15 років тому

    i think he meant memory but doesnt the ps3 go higher than that?

  • @rko320
    @rko320 15 років тому

    I havent played that game since the fifth grade nostalgic moment

  • @The_Fat_Hipster
    @The_Fat_Hipster 11 років тому

    my school had the Apple 2e's

  • @HDv1de0
    @HDv1de0 14 років тому

    what about the apple 3

  • @PiercedJedi
    @PiercedJedi 12 років тому

    I never got to play on these, my school had 2 of them in the library, and you had to be the top students to use them, so the kids who had their homework done before class was out would always be on them playing oregon trail or number munchers

  • @MarNieCo
    @MarNieCo 12 років тому

    Its not about the letters so much as all the other symbols i think.

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    nice video i love this computer i owen 2 c and an e. I keep one in my kids room and loves to play one it. Word munchers ect well thank for the great videos your the man

  • @shootme243
    @shootme243 15 років тому

    the oregon trail.....good times good times

  • @lemonlimestiv
    @lemonlimestiv 15 років тому

    u should put the light above you so as not to look like a zombie!
    great vids

  • @Hal566
    @Hal566 15 років тому

    this is back when apples used to have games.

  • @ArcadeGames
    @ArcadeGames 15 років тому

    Man, that OT game was the shiz!

  • @HDv1de0
    @HDv1de0 14 років тому

    @mhmrules I played oregon trail

  • @LadyTink
    @LadyTink 15 років тому

    I played that game when I was in 6th grade XD

  • @PiercedJedi
    @PiercedJedi 11 років тому

    yes sir I did

  • @SeductiveMods
    @SeductiveMods 12 років тому

    can this play black ops 2

  • @RediceRyan
    @RediceRyan 15 років тому

    i thought it was 256mb while 360 had 512

  • @MikeHabbages
    @MikeHabbages 12 років тому

    yup! the engine is old enough!

  • @zeldajunkielol2
    @zeldajunkielol2 15 років тому

    I think I have something like that.

  • @2ooPnYz
    @2ooPnYz 15 років тому

    holy shit how much is this worth i had this before but i tossed it because it was just taking up space

  • @Lachlant1984
    @Lachlant1984 15 років тому

    Do you own any other Apple computers? I take it you have other games for the Appe IIc.

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    laser made a clone of this(The Laser 128) I used to have one but I lost it in a house fire

  • @elmagiicz
    @elmagiicz 15 років тому

    how loud sounds like the pocket games c(:

  • @LadyTink
    @LadyTink 15 років тому

    It looks like you lost track of time while playing that hunting game ;D

  • @Ace1000ks
    @Ace1000ks 11 років тому

    The system is very rugged.

  • @KoopaTroopaCCC
    @KoopaTroopaCCC 15 років тому

    hey thats my desk :D

  • @Tecnoninjatangreen
    @Tecnoninjatangreen 15 років тому

    Monochrome came with the apple 2 c and e

  • @Ryanr75rc
    @Ryanr75rc 14 років тому

    Cool

  • @nviso209
    @nviso209 14 років тому

    Used to spend more time at my aunt/uncle house b/c they had a color monitor and better cracked games.... I was too busy playing robotron, burgertime, & spy hunter + hard hac mac... KARATEKA CHEAT!!!

  • @RA7ICU5
    @RA7ICU5 15 років тому

    reader rabbit ftw!!!!!!!!!

  • @SonictheBedHog
    @SonictheBedHog 15 років тому

    play the game Freedom.

  • @Hal566
    @Hal566 15 років тому

    probably people that didn't live in america like me. :)