The Wikipedia entry for the Apple II explains: Color on the Apple II series took advantage ... The coarse, low-resolution graphics display mode worked differently, as it could output a short burst of ...

This can make it difficult if you want to output full-bitmap graphics on the Apple II – but it is certainly ... images in 560 x 192 or sixteen colors in 140 x 192, it loads slowly but does ...

the ability to support graphics and a color monitor. Apple first introduced external storage on cassette tape but later added an external floppy disc drive. The Apple II’s eight expansion slots ...