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Today in Apple history: Microsoft’s first hardware debuts … on the Apple II

Thursday, April 2, 2026Luke DormehlView original

Today in Apple history: Microsoft’s first hardware debuts … on the Apple II

Promotional image for the Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard, the company's first hardware product, worked with the Apple II computer.

On April 2, 1979, Microsoft released its first hardware, a microprocessor card called the Z-80 SoftCard that plugged into the Apple II.

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