Re: Laser 128

[Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>]

In article <pu0l5.201$hg.19279@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>, Frank
Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:

> Just got one of these machines.
> 
> Aside from the build quality which is middling, really a fairly elegant
> machine, and quite fast.  Very configurable (not saying much, I suppose, in
> comparison to the closed box design of the IIc).
> 
> Kind of like an expandable IIc Plus.

What I thought was cool about the Laser 128 is their expansion cabinet
(sold separately), which could hold one or more Apple II-compatible
cards.

But to twist the subject a bit... I lack quite a bit of information
about the legal matters of the Laser 128. I was wondering why the Laser
128 was able to be manufactured in the early 90's when Franklin was
shot down quickly for doing the same thing in the early 80's, that is
manufacturer an Apple II clone? Did the people who made the Laser 128
approach the box differently than that of Franklin?