Anatomy of an Icon: Inside the Apple IIc
At 7.5 pounds, the Apple IIc portable computer was the MacBook Air of 1984. Ever wonder what makes up a vintage classic? We took one apart to find out.
Benj Edwards, Special to PC World
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With the pesky power converter, keyboard, and disk drive out of the way, we can finally get a good look at the motherboard, which fills the entire bottom portion of the case. The magical elves/engineers who designed the Apple IIc had the incredible foresight to include a headphone jack and a volume adjustment knob (the small tan circle in the lower left of the case). To this day, I've never seen anyone use the feature, but it's darn handy if you're an enthusiast of really loud electronic clicks and beeps.
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