Re: Franklin Ace 1200 -odd little jumper

[geary@fnord.io.com (Big Bird)]

In article <mZudnYhjmYRoMYPfRVn-jw@io.com>, Big Bird <geary@acm.org> wrote:
< In article <6I2dnbZj5uZ6DorfRVn-rg@comcast.com>,
< Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
< < Ernest wrote:
< < > There is a little jumper wire on my Franklin Ace 1200 motherboard,
< < > and I have no idea what it is for. Here is a picture of it:
<
< I still can't tell what the significance of the jumper is. I don't
< remember seeing it on my Franklin Ace 1000, but I got rid of it last
< year, so I can't check.

I think the motherboards on the 1000 and 1200 are the same, but either
way Ernest appears to have a newer one than mine was. The label on his
F8 EPROM chip looks to be 2.3 (i.e. version 2.3 of the ROM code)
whereas mine was 2.2.

Mark Geary

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