Re: Saw a wierd II clone... is it worth the effort to get it?

[Patrick Schaefer <pa.schaefer@fz-juelich.de>]

Alan Tuttle wrote:

> ... What would really
> interest me is the major clones, such as the Basis 108 or the Franklin
> Ace line (I currently own a Franklin Ace 1200). I'm also interested in
> the Laser clones, but not as much as the other two.

The IBS Space series is very interesting, too. These machines were Apple
clones in industrial quality. I remember an 'Apple ][plus + 16k + Z80' -
Mainboard with DIN VG96 headers instead of the slots and a 19 inch
rackmount system with a passive backplane.

IBS also made a variety of interesting expansion cards. There were RAM
expansions up to 1MB, ROM drives, 6809 and 68000 co-processor cards and
a lot of interfaces for measurement and control purposes.


Patrick