Apricot F2

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The Apricot F2 was a business machine marketed by Apricot in 1985. It was similar in specification to the F10 but shipped with two floppy drives instead of a floppy/hard drive combination.

Compared to its predecessor, the F1, it included an extra expansion slot, more memory and larger storage capacity. Like the F1, the F2 and F10 had an infra-red interface for the keyboard and the mouse/trackball (the same infra-red mouseball pointing device used with the Apricot Portable).

The F2 and the F10 use an Apricot-modified version of MS-DOS, so they were not 100% IBM compatible. They were provided with a nice graphical and iconized interface called Activity. Integrated were a desktop, and software including a word processor, communication, painting and Basic. They were also sold with GEM Write, GEM Paint and the GEM desktop.

Manufacturer: Apricot
Date: 1985



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Apricot F2 Manuals:

Item Manufacturer Date
English Electric Computers System Manuals 4.50 and 4.70 English Electric 1966
Digital Microcomputer Processor Handbook 1979 Digital Equipment Corporation 1979
ICL Employee's Reference Book ICL 13 Sep 1983
Apricot F1 Service Manual Apricot 1984
HP Connectivity Pack Users Guide Hewlett Packard 1994
HP 320LX Pamtop PC Essentials Guide Hewlett Packard Mar 1997
HP 320LX Pamtop PC Pocket Guide Hewlett Packard Oct 1997
HP 360LX Palmtop PC Pocket Guide Hewlett-Packard Oct 1997

Magazines RELATED to Apricot F2 in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
ULCC News August/September 1983 Newsletter 169 Aug 1983
Personal Computer World - October 1984 Oct 1984
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Personal Computer World - September 1985 1 Sep 1985
Personal Computer World Special: Business Computing The 1986 Survival Guide Apr 1986
Zero - April 1991 Dennis Publishing 1 Apr 1991
Games Master - February 1993 Future Publishing 1 Feb 1993
Mean Machines Sega - October 1995 EMAP Oct 1995
N64 Pro - December 1997 IDG Media Dec 1997
Total 64 - October 1998 Rapide Publishing Sep 1998
N64 Magazine - October 1998 Future Publishing Oct 1998
Edge - Issue 63 - October 1998 Future Publishing Oct 1998
Computer and Video Games - November 1998 Emap Images 1 Nov 1998
Computer and Video Games - December 1998 Emap Images 1 Dec 1998
N64 Magazine - September 1999 Future Publishing Sep 1999
N64 Magazine - September 2000 Future Publishing 1 Sep 2000
N64 Magazine - November 2000 Future Publishing 1 Nov 2000
Edge - Issue 205 - September 2009 Future Publishing Sep 2009
Edge - Issue 210 - January 2010 Future Publishing Jan 2010
Edge - Issue 213 - April 2010 Future Publishing Apr 2010

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Apricot Portable Apricot November 1984
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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH41503. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 

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