-=> Quoting Daniel O'Leary to Leonard Erickson <=-

 DO> 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 ][+ 

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

I don't think they've got those keys. 

 >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.

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

 DO> You should need only a pair of sheilded cords with "mini"
(monaural)
 DO> earphone plugs on each end, if your Franklin ACE has the ports.

Doesn't *seem* to as I recall. That's why I was hoping there was a card
or something.

 DO> The
 DO> software for reading the cassette port was built in, as I recall. I
 DO> believe the commands from Integer or Applesoft Basic  are
"LOAD" and
 DO> "SAVE"  

I actually have an old Apple Basic manual around somewhere. I bought it
when I was translating software from Apple to TRS-80.

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