{"id":968,"date":"2013-03-25T10:02:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2013-03-25T10:27:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T15:27:28","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-apple-ii-box-for-c64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/968\/retro-scan-of-the-week-apple-ii-box-for-c64","title":{"rendered":"<span id=\"retro_color\">[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Apple II Box for C64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/spartan_commodore_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/retroscan\/spartan_commodore_small.jpg\" alt=\"Mimic Systems Spartan Commodore 64 Apple II+ expansion box advertisement ad - 1985\" class=\"retroscan\"\/><\/a><span class=\"freecaption\"><em>A scene from one of Benj&#8217;s recent nightmares.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hey mime!  Yeah, you!  Stop stealing my $599 Mimic Spartan Apple II+ compatibility box for the Commodore 64.  I need it to open up a whole new world of hardware and software.<\/p>\n<p>Just for a second, imagine if I could add these features to my Commodore 64: Apple II+ hardware and software capabilities, 64K RAM expansion, four software selectable Commodore 64 cartridge slots, non-dedicated 8-bit parallel port, and standard audio cassette deck capabilities for my C-64. Yep, all of that!<\/p>\n<p>The suggested retail value of comparable products offering only these capabilities is over $2,200.00*.  But the Spartan gives me much, much more, mime!  Oh yes.  By building on my investment in my Commodore 64 &#8212; an excellent introductory computer &#8212; I create a whole new system with both C-64 an Apple II+ capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>There is a whole other world out there!  And if you&#8217;d just give it back, a huge selection of Apple II+ hardware and software would be mine to explore.  Call toll free for the Spartan dealer nearest you.<\/p>\n<p><small>* Burp.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><center><em>[ From Compute, November 1985, p.29 ]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Open Discussion: Whoever posts a question first gets to decide what we&#8217;ll talk about this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/937\" target=\"_blank\">MacCharlie&#8217;s FrankenMac<\/a> (2013)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scene from one of Benj&#8217;s recent nightmares. Hey mime! Yeah, you! Stop stealing my $599 Mimic Spartan Apple II+ compatibility box for the Commodore 64. I need it to open up a whole new world of hardware and software. Just for a second, imagine if I could add these features to my Commodore 64: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,24,27,26,10],"tags":[72,150,101,61,468,160,161,288,467,465,466,464],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-humor","category-regular_features","category-retro-scan-of-the-week","category-computers","tag-72","tag-advertisement","tag-apple","tag-apple-ii","tag-c64-accessories","tag-commodore","tag-commodore-64","tag-compute","tag-expansion-box","tag-mimic-systems","tag-spartan","tag-system-adapter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}