Re: Howdy, I just got a Franklin Ace 1200

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <52q5tb$cnf@ns2.southeast.net>,
kickass <kickass@users.jaxnet.com> wrote:
>I'm somewhat familiar w/ the apple II (etc) series, the IIe & IIgs were 
>all I used back in the old days at school (& they are what I learned on. 
>wrote a lot of programs for them,) but now I can't remember diddly. 
>Anyway, what model apple is the Ace 1200 comparable to?

   Probably somewhere around the ][+ to unenhanced //e area. It may
have some built in ports like the //c, but it may not have the
enhancements of the //e. [Sheesh. Another set of models that need
hardware info droped into the FAQ or such :]

>I also got a IIgs, and I'm just curious, I thought I remember there being 
>certain key combinations at boot that do different things (like helping 
>it boot older software, and putting it in iigs mode, and other stuff,) or 
>am I just way off...

   Holding down option at boot bring up a menu that lets you go
to the control panel, which lets you change a lot of settings. At
most other times (mostly when interrupts are not locked out),you
can press control-open-apple-escape and get to the control panel.
The other boot 'combination,' open-apple and option will force
a self test, which tends get boring after the first few times you
run it. 

   The 'System Speed' setting from the control panel is the most
useful for //e or GS stuff-- games run at the classic speeds, though
you may sometimes prefer the adrenalin rush of games over twice as
fast as the designers meant for them to be played.

Nathan Mates
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