On 04/21/2004 07:44 AM, Leonard_Erickson wrote:

>
> -=> Quoting STEPHEN ADAMS to ROY J. TELLASON <=-
>
> SA> My Apple //c is now stable enough to begin combing through my
> SA> inherited  "Software of the Month" club sets. I'm
also going to be
> SA> converting these  diskettes into disk image files for possibly
> SA> uploading to an appropriate  archive site (provided I have the legal
> SA> copyright authority to do so).  It's time for me to also brush up on my
> SA> Apple //c  Mac connectivity.  :) 
>
>I sort of "inherited" a couple of Franklin ACE 1200 systems. I know
>they are an Apple clone. Just not sure which model. My guess is ][+ 

If your keyboard has the open and closed "F" (same as the
corresponding "apple") keys, then it should be //e compatible.If
it does not have those keys, then it is ][+ compatible.

>I'd love to have some software and a few more cardss for them. ARCNET
>or ethernet would be great, because then I *might* be able to get them
>to talk to my PCs and Macs.

You'd probably have an easier time getting the old 4 wire appletalk to
connect your Franklin to your Mac and use the Mac as a ethernet bridge to
your PC.   I have heard that ethernet cards existed for the Apple, but I
never saw one.  I'll bet that they are probably only supported under ProDOS
too.

>I'm also wondering what I'd need to be able to read programs from
>cassette, as I've got a lot of old cassette games that had Apple
>versions on them.

You should need only a pair of sheilded cords with "mini"
(monaural) earphone plugs on each end, if your Franklin ACE has the ports.
The software for reading the cassette port was built in, as I recall. I
believe the commands from Integer or Applesoft Basic  are "LOAD"
and "SAVE" 

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