--- title: » Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters description: Steve Wozniak explains the lack of lowercase letter support in the Apple II. His decision was driven by financial constraints and the expensive cost of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-apple-ii-didn-t-support-lowercase-letters-1ze84nqex twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: » Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters | daily.dev og:description: Steve Wozniak explains the lack of lowercase letter support in the Apple II. His decision was driven by financial constraints and the expensive cost of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-the-apple-ii-didn-t-support-lowercase-letters-1ze84nqex og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1zE84nQex.png og:image:alt: » Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # » Why the Apple II Didn’t Support Lowercase Letters **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Steve Wozniak explains the lack of lowercase letter support in the Apple II. His decision was driven by financial constraints and the expensive cost of keyboards during the 1970s. Despite the desire for lowercase functionality, his limited budget and the complexity of coding changes during development led to the uppercase-only design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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