Re: Where were A2 clones sold and advertised

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

Supertimer wrote:

> "Ernest" <ernestls@home.com> wrote:
>
> >I've been thumbing through my Byte mags ('79-85) and I haven't seen a single
> >A2 clone advertised so far. Were clones sold through magazines like Byte?
> >Did you have to buy them at local shops or were they mail order only?
>
> Too old.  Try InCider and A+ (later InCider/A+ as a merged magazine)
> from 1985 to 1992.

Actually, that isn't too old. The Franklin Ace 1000 and 1200 were from that era,
and though Franklin was successfully sued by Apple (how was it Woz put it? I was
Franklin's chief engineer...??) they were in many ways better machines than the
][+, coming standard with 64K, having a numeric keypad built in, usually bundled
with 80 col cards and the best Z-80 card (PCPI card). I suggest that Ernest try
looking under the advertiser's index for Franklin.

Roy