Producer: Apple - Category: Personal Computer
Photo 1: Jeff Keyzer from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Bell and Howell Apple II.jpg)
Personal computer, 1980, Bell & Howell / Apple. The Bell & Howell Apple II Plus, model A2S1048B, is the black "Darth Vader" Apple II Plus built by Apple for Bell & Howell's education division, with extra audio-video connectors on the back panel, a 48 KB memory and a black case; it was sold only to schools through Bell & Howell.
| Years | 1980 to 1982 |
| Manufacturer | Apple Computer Inc. for Bell & Howell (US) |
| Model | A2S1048B |
| Processor | MOS Technology 6502 at 1.023 MHz |
| RAM | 48 KB |
| ROM | 12 KB (Applesoft BASIC and Autostart monitor) |
| Graphics | 40 x 24 text, low resolution 40 x 48 in 16 colours, high resolution 280 x 192 in 6 colours |
| Sound | 1 bit built-in speaker, with external audio connectors on the back panel |
| Storage | cassette or Disk II floppy disk drives |
| Expansion | 8 slots |
| Distinguishing features | black case, back panel with audio and video jacks and a microphone input, sold to the education market |
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