An Apple computer 'Apple IIe' that works more than 30 years ago is found in the attic

John Pfaff , a professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York, discovered the Apple IIe , which was manufactured more than 30 years ago from the attic of the house where the parents lived. When Mr. Pfaff turned on the power, surprisingly Apple IIe seems to have started without problems.

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Apple IIe, which was released in 1983, is a successor to Apple II , Apple 's release in 1977, and is the third variation after Apple II plus. It was characterized by the capability to use upper case letters and lower case letters, and the feature of Shift key and Caps Lock key full feature. Mr. Pfaff who discovered Apple IIe from the attic was posted to Twitter with surprise words "Oh My God" when he actually started. Before the old Apple IIe more than 30 years ago, it says as if he had returned to 10 years old.

Oh.
My.
God.

An Apple IIe. Sat in my parents' attic for years. Decades.

And it works.

Put in an old game disk. Asks if I want to restore a saved game.

And finds one!

It must must be 30 years old.

I'm 10 years old again. Pic.twitter.com/zL7wWxOo36

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

In the discovered Apple IIe, " Adventureland " of the text command game developed by Scott Adams in 1978 was saved, and on the game screen "WHAT SHALL IDO? (What to do next?)" Will be displayed It was. Mr. Pfaff commented, "I've come, it's been 30 years ago, I do not remember how far I advanced the game."

This is tricky, because three decades later I can not quite remember where I left off this round of Adventureland. Pic.twitter.com/Eoj7EqkHtb

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

"When I see a child, I think it is surprisingly retro in NES (overseas version of Family Computer ) Mario, but along with the word" retro "will change in the morning of tomorrow, Mr. Pfaff will display the Adventureland game screen Post.

My kids thought things were insanely retro when my wife and I played NES Super Mario on the oldest's Switch.

Tomorrow morning their definition of retro is going to shift great. Pic.twitter.com/cwpMyvCoYw

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

There are other old floppy disks remaining at Pfaff's hand ... ...

My dad typed up labels for all my floppies, which is really sweet to remember.

He was so thorough that he even included ... who hacked the games.

(I'm the only person in my immediate family who went to law school.) Pic.twitter.com/kj4m9aJh2U

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

" Millionware "

Hacker screens!

And ASCII art!

On a 35 year old 5.25 "magnetic disk from the first Reagan Administration. Pic.twitter.com/2 EWVrcxvLr

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

" Olympic Decathlon "

It's like riding a bicycle.

That was respectable in the 1980s, but not anymore. Pic.twitter.com/cmnOKwBUUJ

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

" Neuromancer " and others were discovered and all started with Apple IIe. Posts about Neuromancer can also listen to game music played on Apple IIe.

This game ... never got past the first level despite HOURS of (pre-internet cheating) trying.

Now w the web, I have a shot.

The music, tho. That classic Apple IIe music. Pic.twitter.com/ebeXNzoCs2

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

In addition, Pfaff's father also found a letter addressed to Mr. Pfaff typed in 1986. Mr. Pfaff at the time was 11 years old, he said he was going to summer camp. Mr. Pfaff says his father died a year ago.

Just found this letter my dad typed to me in 1986, when I was 11 and at summer camp.

I REALLY WONDER what my theory abt the daily newspaper comics Spider-Man was.

My dad passed away almost exactly a year ago. It's amazing to come across something so "ordinary" from him. Pic.twitter.com/Aog3MiSnXN

- John Pfaff (@ John FPfaff) February 17, 2019

When Mr. Pfaff showed Apple IIe he discovered to his children, a 9-year-old child said that he wondered "This is a computer?" Then, pointing to the floppy disk, he said that he asked, "What is kore?"