Re: Bought a Franklin Ace 1000: Questions..

[tgeer@pro-gumbo.cts.com (System Administrator)]

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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