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Collection year: 1984
Apple II Sounds
“A familiar sound from another era.”
- Collection year
- 1984
- Audio files
- 2
- Sound groups
- 1
- Peak era
- Classic desktop and early digital era
- Company
- Apple
- Category
- Internet Sounds
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Listen to the Sounds
2 familiar sounds. Click a track to listen.
Original recordings: Apple.
About the Collection
The brief power-on cues of the Apple IIc and IIGS, from the days of floppy disks, classroom computers, and text prompts. Click a track to listen in the retro player.
The IIc and IIGS recordings show how little sound a computer needs to announce itself. Each cue marks the boundary between an inactive machine and a system ready to do something, without the longer logo presentation associated with later multimedia computers.
Hearing the two together is a useful reminder that the Apple II name covered different machines and experiences. The collection keeps those startup moments separate, letting listeners compare them instead of treating every old Apple computer as if it sounded the same.
Things You Probably Forgot
- This collection keeps a small selection of recognizable sounds rather than every file from the original archive.
The Story
- 1984 The Apple IIc brings the Apple II family into a compact case with a built-in floppy drive. Turning it on begins with a short cue rather than a long musical introduction.
- 1986 The Apple IIGS arrives with expanded graphics and sound capabilities. Its startup recording offers a small contrast with the earlier IIc.
- 2018 Both startup recordings are preserved in the Computer and Console Boot Sounds Compilation, keeping these small parts of the Apple II experience available to hear.
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