1980: After reports of malfunctioning equipment showed that some Apple III chips were improperly installed, Apple urged owners to drop the machines onto a flat surface from a height of several inches to ensure its integrated circuits got seated squarely in their sockets. After a few years, the machines were recalled and repaired. (Steven Stengel / oldcomputers.net)
1983: This computer, touted by Apple as the “Maserati for Your Mind,” was the first retail computer to include a mouse. Nonetheless, it bombed, perhaps because of the $10,000 price. (Steven Stengel / oldcomputers.net)
