Long before Jony Ive was making ridiculously thin aluminum MacBooks, the Apple IIc reigned supreme as Apple’s first portable computer.
Finding a working model of the 7.5-pound notebook is a tough task, considering it was introduced more than 30 years ago, but restoration expert The 8-Bit Guy came across one and put together a video on how to make the 1984 machine look brand new.
The nasty yellow plastic shell of the Apple IIc looks like a museum relic at first, but with a bit of soldering, hydrogen peroxide, and vigorous scrubbing, the old computer comes back to life in full glory.
Check out the Apple IIc restoration video to see how it’s done:
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
One response to “Apple IIc gets a second life in this neat restoration video”
I’ve got one that looks BETTER than that and actually boots up still. Have an external floppy drive (1.4MB) and everything. Makes me wanna pull it out and plug it in!!