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CDP1802's Apple II+
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One of my uncles bought an Apple II+ in 1980. It was a 48K base
system, a 16K language card, a Hayes MicroModem, and a pair of 
Disk II drives. I still haven't got the reciepts from him but
he thinks it cost somewhere in the range of $3,000.

Said uncle used that Apple II+ for a long time. He used it for
schooling, the MicroModem letting him dial into a local
university which had a Univac 90/60. He used it as a part of his
job, he was a history teacher in a district that had lots of IIs
for the students to use. He eventually replaced it with a PS/2
Model 55SX when the Apple was too dead a platform.

I got that Apple II+ when I was a kid. It was my introduction to
retro computer systems, it was the first system I ever used a 
floppy disk with, and it was the first thing I ever wrote a
program for. It's been the favorite thing I own, the family
connection adds a lot to the cool factor it already has, and I
hope to keep it going far into the future.
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I currently have the following expansion cards in the II+:

Slot 0 - 16K RAM
Slot 1 - CCS 7720
Slot 2 - Hayes MicroModem
Slot 3 - Videx Vidterm
Slot 4 - Mockingboard
Slot 5 - CCS 7710
Slot 6 - Disk II Controller
Slot 7 - N/A
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The original power supply in the II+ has been quite dead for
some time now, just about every component on it would need 
redone for me to feel safe using it (as it quite loves to kill
4116s), so I'm using a DekuNukem PicoPSU adapter at the moment.

Be careful with whatever PicoPSU you use if you buy one of said
adapters, I had bad luck with RGeek-branded Picos for whatever
reason putting out barely enough power to operate Disk IIs. Any
more expansions than the 16K card and said Disk controller would
result in the system not booting due to there not being enough
+5V.
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