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Released: | 1982 |
Price: | $900 |
CPU: | MOS 6502 @ 1.0 MHz |
RAM: | 48K |
Display: | monochrome |
280 X 192, 40 X 24 text | |
Ports: | composite video output |
8 internal expansion slots | |
Storage | external 143K floppy drive |
with interface card | |
OS: | Applesoft BASIC built-in |
Apple DOS 3.3 on disk |
Four years after Apple introduced its computer, Franklin Computer Corporation thought to duplicate Apple抯 achievement and released its first computer, the Franklin Ace 100. |
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The Apple II series of computers were very popular - so popular in fact, that other computer companies released "clone" computers based on the Apple design.
The Franklin Ace 100 is one such clone of the original Apple II computer.
Actually, Franklin "cheated" in making their system Apple-compatible. The Ace 100 and 1000 are almost exact copies of the Apple II - they literally copied the Apple hardware and software, stamped their name on it, and sold it as their own.
At the time, there was no legal precedent to prevent them from doing this, but almost immediately, in May 1982, Franklin was sued by Apple Computers for trademark violations.
In August of 1983, Apple Computer won a judgment against Franklin Computer as ruled by a U.S. federal appeals court judge. Franklin settled with Apple in 1984, and eventually developed their own legal BIOS.
In 1986, Franklin released two more legal Apple clones - the Franklin Ace 2000 and 500, but they were not very popular and Franklin left the computer business entirely.
Franklin Ace 100 | Apple II |
While the Franklin has much in common with the Apple II, there are important differences. Some are improvements, others perhaps an attempt to avoid a legal confrontation with Apple Computers:
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Franklin Ace 100 | Apple II |
Here's the happy couple! |
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苹果早在Psystar年轻创办人Rudy Pedraza出生前就开始忙着应付仿制自家计算机和操作系统的威胁。1982年,苹果控告Franklin Computing,Franklin Ace的制造商,这件案子是一个很重要的案例,确认了操作系统是有版权的。
苹果宣称Franklin大部分的ROM和操作系统是直接从Apple II上抄袭来。虽然初期Franklin在地方法院中获得胜诉,但是当案子在美国第三巡回上诉法院进行听证时,苹果赢得了最后胜利。