Cult of Mac Contest: Name Mystery Apple Object, Win T-shirt
4:37 am, November 9th, 2009, Nicole Martinelli
This is your last chance to correctly name a mystery Apple item to win a T-shirt.
Not just any T-shirt: choose from the Apple-inspired designs at might tees, which include the I Love Lisa we wrote about, a retro-style logo and Steve Jobs in typeface.

The tees are made with water-based eco inks screen printed on high quality tri-blend shirts (part organic cotton, part recycled rayon and polyester) and a $28-$36 value.
We’ll chose a winner at random from correct answers — leave them in the comments but specify object and model, e.g. “Macintosh Quadra 700.”
Contest ends midnight, November 10.
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Apple Macintosh IIc
NIc Dalton, on November 9th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Apple 2c
Sparky, on November 9th, 2009 at 5:17 am
I think it’s an Apple II c…the small white one with the disc door on the side and the small monitor that sits on top.
Paul Armstrong, on November 9th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Apple //c
slomacuser, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:12 am
it’s a Apple IIc
KSB, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Apple //c plus
Steffen L. Norgren, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:51 am
It’s an Apple IIc
Paul Sweeney, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Apple IIc
Marcin, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Its an Apple IIc.
The keyboard should be just below and the vents just above. The power indicator to the right of the disk light and the reset button to the left of the text video mode switch. – I’m such a geek.
Susheel Varma, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:11 am
IIc not a plus as the plus did not have the 40/80 column switch. Memories.
the icons and color do indicate a later model though.
TRRosen, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Got to be an Apple II c
Dev Gupta, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Its an Apple IIc
jazzyl, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:34 am
a p p l e l l c switch
solar, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:40 am
its a apple 2nd switch
Balayokesh, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Apple IIC (International version)
Smokey, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:07 am
OHHHH i always wanted one of these…
Apple II C
DANIEL WILLIAMS, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Apple II c (international keyboard version.)
DD, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Its an Apple IIc
cononrrigby, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Apple IIc
Leif Uwe Vogelsang, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Nice an apple //c ! We had one of these at primary school, I still think it’s one of the best designed apple computers from the earlier days. Great example of frog design’s snow white design language. and so compact!!
Max p, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Apple //c
Guido, on November 9th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Definitely Apple //c!
guy snyder, on November 9th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Apple //c
skucera, on November 9th, 2009 at 9:23 am
It’s an Apple //c
Chris, on November 9th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Looks like an Apple llc. Although the one I had seen had the word keyboard next to the second switch instead of what appears to be a picture of one in this picture.
Jason, on November 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Looks like I’ve been beat to the answer. But this looks like the old //c models my dad worked on back in the day. Good times!
Sarah Jay, on November 9th, 2009 at 10:12 am
It’s the Apple //c!
Jason, on November 9th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Apple //c! Had one for a long time,, loved it!
Tim P, on November 9th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Apple IIc. It was my first mac. It had a green screen and I spent countless hours trying to program a pinball game on it and playing lemonade stand. Oh yeah and I did a few school reports on it too. We were so surprised when my Dad brought it home because it was a huge expense at the time. I think he paid close to $2,000 with the monitor and accessories. I have been a apple man ever since.
Thomas Jestus II, on November 9th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Apple II C
Phil Schiller, on November 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
My first computer!!!
The Apple IIc!!!
Adisty Primasuri Said, on November 9th, 2009 at 11:29 am
It’s an Apple II C (International)
Jack Benzie, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
That there is an Apple IIc!
Victor, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Apple //c
Steve, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
An International Apple IIc, not the American version with the Dvorak/Qwerty switch!
Victor, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Apple II C
Lucas, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Definitely an Apple //c
Bought one in the US and took it home to the UK in carry-on baggage (with a 128Kb Mac in the other carry-on bag!)
StuartAB, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
It’s a mac IIc. Still have my receipt… $2900 for the IIci with a Maxtor 210 MB Hard Drive and 4MB of RAM ! Still have the invoice.
Harry Day, on November 9th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Apple // C
Andrew Sullivan, on November 9th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
As has already been amply described, it’s a //c. It was my first Apple, after a string of Commodores. It went away when I got my first Mac, a 512E. Sigh…
Mark Crummett, on November 9th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Apple //c
Rahn, on November 9th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Its an Apple IIc
Drea, on November 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Apple//c or Apple IIc or an Apple Two See or an Apple “Toosie”
Sev, on November 9th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Apple IIc
Nathan McDavitt-Van Fleet, on November 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Apple // c
luiz padovan, on November 9th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Apple IIC
Kyle Rosenberg, on November 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
It is the Apple //c
Karel, on November 9th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Apple //c
Steven Comiskey, on November 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Apple IIc
Mike Steebes, on November 9th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Apple //c
Just like the one in the box beside my desk!!! Must get it out and set it up properly one of these days.
Jongleur, on November 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Late to the party, but it’s definitely an Apple IIC, right above zee keyboard.
ghostshadow, on November 9th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Apple IIc
Marky Mark, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
It’s an apple IIc, the first Apple I ever owned. The 40/80 switch told the monitor how many characters to display across the screen. And the little bar next to the (5 1/4″ !) floppy icon showed disc activity. Ahhh, memories…
TonyC, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
NIc Dalton erroneously said:
>Apple Macintosh IIc
There’s no such thing.
Thomas Jestus erroneously said:
>Apple IIc. It was my first mac.
No, that has NOTHING to do with Macintoshes.
YouBozos, on November 9th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Apple IIc
Gary, on November 9th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Yep looks like an Apple IIc to me, used to practice on these engineering beauties when I was a young man (long time ago !!).
Lee Avery, on November 9th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Apple IIc
Jake, on November 10th, 2009 at 5:07 am
It is an Apple IIc.
Nick, on November 10th, 2009 at 8:41 am
My first computer, too. It’s the Apple llc, which I bought in 1985. How far we’ve come!
Ellen Carr, on November 10th, 2009 at 11:43 am
My first computer, too. It’s the Apple llc. I purchased one in 1985. How far we’ve come!
Ellen Carr, on November 10th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Apple llc.
Dan Williams, on November 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
It’s a later model Apple IIc, as indicated by the presence of disc and keyboard icons instead of text.
Dale Cawthon, on November 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Apple IIc. or //c, if you’re being specific.
Scott, on November 10th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Apple IIc. My first Apple Computer, ah memories…
Tom Horton, on November 10th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Apple IIc. Jeez, using the comments area for submissions isn’t very fair, you can tell who’s right based on the most popular submission. That said, I already knew what it was before I scrolled down
Chris Tipton-King, on November 11th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Iphone of the 1980s
kevin, on November 11th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Apple IIc is my guess.
RoMan, on November 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pm