File:Apple II Desktop Mousedesk (Apple IIe 128k)

Description
Apple II Desktop, a Macintosh-like file manager, running on an emulated Apple IIe under AppleWin. The IIe uses a 65C02 CPU, 128k banked RAM, two 140k floppies and a hard drive.

The first version was named Mousedesk, but renamed to Apple II Desktop in 1986. It was bundled with the first version of the Apple IIGS system disks because Apple's 16-bit GS Finder was not ready yet.

This video show Apple II Desktop managing files, running accessories, and launching external applications including Beaglewrite, MousePaint, and a slideshow using its "Start"-like Selector menu.

Apple II Desktop can also handle 3.5" disks, with icons appearing on the desktop as they are inserted. Unfortunately AppleWin does not emulate those.

The Selector seen at the beginning is a smaller, faster loading, application used only for launching applications or starting up from other device "slots". It is possible to launch the Desktop directly without the Selector.

Apple II desktop is an old favorite of mine, and it embodies many of the important file management user interface concepts (also found in the Macintosh) that Microsoft lifted for use in Windows 95/NT 4.

Youtube didn't like the 50% gray pattern used as the background, so this video is run through a blur and then sharpen filter to make the background look solid.

And damn Youtube's thumbnail generator. Would it kill them to give me a few more options that, you know, actually represent what is in my video?!

The music is "Geometrical Dreams" (GEODREAM.MOD)