From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!taylor
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Re: Apple II clones
Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.46
Posted: Sat Jan  8 22:25:37 1983
Received: Sun Jan  9 03:53:07 1983
References: mprvaxa.122


	Actually, a friend has the Franklin Ace 1000 (tm) and is quite
happy with it.  He got the Ace, (a 6502 based Apple II clone, fully com-
patible hard & software) 2 disk drives, a printer (MX-80) and a Zenith
monitor for, uh, $1700 dollars or so.  (Needless to say, he got most
of the software from me.)

	It seems like a nice unit.  The keyboard is far superior to the
regular Apple, and the speed/noise-level etcetera are all the same, if
not better than the Apple.  The power switch, and the overall unit are
also built better.

	If I were recommending a 6502-based system to anyone, I would
suggest this model, since it has an advantage over most of the Taiwanese
(that looks wrong) computers; you can buy it at a local store, so it can be
repaired locally!

	Feel free to disagree.

	(or how about "Feel free to feel free...")

				-- Dave Taylor

				..sdcsvax!taylor