Re: Franklin 1000 / 1200 question

[Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>]

In article <20001027071341.29736.00000111@ng-cr1.aol.com>, Quadrajet1
<quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote:

> >Is the 1000 older than the 1200, or were they released at the same time.
> >My 1200 has a 1000 motherboard, and the systems look the same except the 1200
> >has the two floppy drives built into the cover. I was just wondering if
> >the 1200 was released as an entirely different model (like the II + and IIe)
> >or was it just a 1000 with the floppy drives?
> >
> >Ernest
> 
>     I worked for the only Franklin dealer in our area when they came out.  The
> 1200 is nothing more than a 1000 with a different lid.  The lid, of course,
> houses the built-in disk drives.  And the 1200 didn't come out at the same
> time, but a couple of months after the 1000.
> 
> Raymond

Yeah, Raymond's right about the logic board being the same. I have the
SAMS schematics for the Franklin 1000, and it mentions that it covers
the 1200 as well.