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- From: tgeer@pro-gumbo.cts.com (System Administrator)
- Subject: Re: Bought a Franklin Ace 1000: Questions..
- Organization: TGraphics, Inc.
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 23:39:59 CST
- Message-ID: <an03200@pro-gumbo.cts.com>
- In-Reply-To: madhatter@pembvax1.pembroke.edu
- References: <1993Jan21.162947.1@pembvax1.pembroke.edu>
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- In <1993Jan21.162947.1@pembvax1.pembroke.edu>
- madhatter@pembvax1.pembroke.edu writes:
-
- >
- > I just bought a Franklin Ace 1000 at a really low price of $10,
- >and I'm not familiar with the Apple scene so if anybody could answer
- >a few questions like:
- >
- > How are the expansion slots different from a normal apple?
-
- There are the same as those in a // or //+.
-
- > Is it compatible with the apple IIe or IIc or etc?
-
- The Ace 1000 is Apple //+ compatible.
-
- > Where do I get the manuals for it?
-
- Good luck - I have them all but since I have two children who still use the
- Franklin, I'm not ready to get rid of them yet. Perhaps some other kind soul
- would be willing to part with theirs.
-
- > Did I pay to much for it?
-
- Are you kidding? I'll give you double that for it right now.
-
- > Is Franklin Ace still in business?
-
- Don't think so - I believe that Apple Inc. sued them into oblivion. BTW: the
- name is Franklin Computer Corporation. Ace 1000 is the model name.
-
- > Which slot does the 80 col/memory expansion board go in?
- > (There are 8 slots 0 through 7)
-
- Slot 3 is for 80 col cards. Slot 0 is for memory expansion. An Apple //e
- 64k extended 80 col card will NOT work in the Franklin since it lacks the
- //e's auxiliary memory slot.
-
- > How much memory does in have? (Without the above board)
-
- 64K
-
- > Thanx in advance,
- >
- > Jason Jones
-
-
- Franklins are truly rugged and dependable machines. Mine has been in service
- for 10 years and ran 24 hours/day for 4 of those years (old pirate BBS back in
- the good ole days). They were/are much better machines than the //+'s that
- they were cloned from. They came with 64K onboard ( as opposed to 48K for the
- //+), had a numeric keypad, upper/lower case, built-in cooling fan, heavier
- power supply and several other advantages over the //+ - and cost less too!
- Mind you, I still paid over $1400.00 for mine in '83 (CPU only). BTW: except
- for a couple of machine ID bytes, the ROMs are an EXACT copy of the ones in
- the //+ so it is 99.99% compatible (unlike the Laser clones).
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