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===Built-in accessories and keyboard=== The Apple IIc has a built-in 5.25-inch floppy drive (140 KB) along the right side of the case, the first Apple II model to include such a feature. Along the left side of the case is a dial to control the volume of the internal speaker, along with a {{frac|1|8}}-inch monaural audio jack for headphones or an external speaker. A fold-out carrying handle is also used to prop up the back end of the machine when in use. This is required to provide good air circulation and make typing comfortable.<ref>{{cite book |title=Apple IIc Owner's Manual |date=1984 |publisher=Apple Computer, Inc |page=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/AppleIIcOwnersManual/page/n22/mode/1up |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> The keyboard layout is similar to that of the Apple IIe; however, the "Reset" key is above the "Esc" key. Two toggle switches are also located in the same area: an "80/40"-column switch for (specially written) software to detect which text video mode to start up in, and a "Keyboard" switch to select between [[QWERTY]] and [[Dvorak keyboard layout|Dvorak]] layout, or between US and national layout on non-American machines.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Selby |last=Bateman |url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue50/227_1_Evolutionary_To_The_Core_The_Apple_IIc_Heads_For_Home.php|title=Evolutionary To The Core: The Apple IIc Heads For Home |publisher=[[Compute!]] magazine |issue= 50 |date=July 1984 |via=www.atarimagazines.com}}</ref> The keyboard itself is built into the front half of the case, much like a notebook computer, and early models<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.apple2/7abY1blXb1c/DPgZ7yq9uWYJ|title=a2c - sticky keys?|last=Spector|first=Mitchell|date=January 8, 1998|website=comp.sys.apple2 via groups.google.com|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-date=September 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927134710/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.apple2/c/7abY1blXb1c/m/DPgZ7yq9uWYJ|url-status=live}}</ref> have a rubber mat placed beneath the keycaps which acted as a liquid spill guard.
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