The Apple IIc was the first attempt of Apple to make a portable AppleII computer. The computer included a 5.25" disk drive and keyboard enclosed inside a slim case, which has a handle in the back to make it east to carry. As an option, a mouse and joystick could be purchased.

The Apple IIc had five revisions before production discontinued. The revisions identified by the ROM version beginning with ROM 255, then 0, 3, 4, and 5. ROM version 5 also identified as Apple IIc+. The biggest changes included in ROM version 5 was a 3.5" floppy drive, internal power supply (the four previous versions had an external power brick as seen in the picture below), and a faster 4 MHz processor (the other versions had a 1 MHz processor).

The Apple IIc came standard with a 9" green monochrome monitor however; it was possible to buy a LCD panel to make the Apple IIc more portable.

The IIc had a built in 140kB 5.25" disk drive. An external 5.25" disk drive could be added to the IIc. The later version of the IIc, the IIc+ came with a built in 800KB 3.5".

The Apple IIc came with 128Kb of RAM and later versions made it possible to increase the RAM to a maximum of 1MB. The computer also came with a 32kB ROM chip.

Additional Apple IIc details:
Codename: ET, IIb, IIp, Pippin, VLC, Elf, Yoda, Teddy, Chels, Jason, Lollie
CPU: SynerTek 65C02
CPU Speed: IIc 1 MHz / IIc+ 4 MHz
FPU: none
Bus Speed: IIc 1 MHz / IIc+ 4 MHz
Data Path: 8 bit
Maximum Resolution: 40/80 text, 40x40 4-bit, 80x40 4-bit, 140x192 6-color, 280x192 1-bit, 140x192 4-bit, 560x192 1-bit
I/O PORTS:  Monitor, Joystick/Mouse, RGB, Floppy Disk, 2 RS232c Serial Ports
Speaker: mono
Size: 29(W) x 31(D) x 6(H) cm.
Power: 15 volt, 1.2 Amps, 18 Watts,
Price: $1,300

Introduced: April 1984
Terminated: November 1990