FRANKLINS

[rpirong@aztec.asu.edu (RICHARD PIRONG)]

On Tue, 13 May 1997 22:34:04 -0400, bob.shuster@webphoria.com (Bob
Shuster) wrote:
 
>I recently acquired two Apple II systems, one is a IIc, the other is a
>Franklin Ace 2200.  It has two floppy drives in the system unit and a
>Franklin green screen monitor, but no software.  I assume it's an Apple II
>compatible?  (vs. IIc or IIe?)  Can anyone provide me with more info on
>this beast
 
Hi Bob.
I should be able to answer most questions. I have used (and abused) one
for years and have the tech manuals for when memory fails.  :-)
 
It's a very nice //e and/or //c compatible. has features of both. Some
slots and some ports. one of the slots is fixed as slot 2. the other
can be either slot 4 or slot 7, depending on the position a jumper.
On the right side of the case, is access to slot 5 which was intended
for an expansion box that was never put on the market.
I used slot 7 for the hard drive and slot 2 for a 3.5" drive card.
 
Tell me if there is/are any daughterboards plugged onto the MB. A small
one (by the power supply) would be memory expansion. A slightly larger
one (right side) would be the RGB color board which drives either the
Apple monitor or a CGA monitor.
 
Loved the keyboard. Although those function keys weren't very useful.
Nobody ever wrote software to access them. The ALT key wasn't too
useful either. Version 5 of Franklins own DOS is DOS3.3 compatible
and can program the function keys. I never needed it because Dos 3.3
and ProDOS (all versions) work just fine.
Software compatibility is excellent especially if it has the last
ROM version. (level 6)
                                                             DickP
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