Apple II Microcomputer, "Black Apple"
date: label: Date made
content: 1980s
name: label: maker
content: Bell & Howell
label: maker
content: Apple Computer
notes: label: Description
content: This Black Apple, model number A2S1048B, was a version of the Apple II Plus made by Apple Computer, Inc. and sold only to educational institutions by Bell & Howell, at that time a company specializing in audiovisual equipment. It earned the nicknames "Black Apple" and "Darth Vader" because its case was black instead of the usual beige color of the Apple II Plus. To make the computer more versatile, Bell & Howell added audio and video slots onto the Apple II Plus and also made it UL-compliant. By allowing Bell & Howell to sell their modified product, Apple was able to succeed in the educational market.
label: Description
content: This example of a Black Apple was used in the Ferndale Public Schools in Ferndale, Michigan.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, Cupertino
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Don and Mary Baugh
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0153.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0153
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0153.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 37.3 cm x 47 cm; 4 5/16 in x 14 11/16 in x 18 1/2 in