TanruNomad
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Came across one of these, but know little about their current market value or rarity. Are they fairly common? I checked ebay (open and completed) and came up with nothing, but maybe its just an off month.
Cool, thanks for the info. This model has 2 drives installed internally like you mentioned. Based on your description of the keyboard, it reminds me of my Compaq Portable's keyboard issues. I had to replace the padding (or lack thereof) on several of my keys. I just used small pieces of paper that I cut to fit the contacts, and glue (I know, it sounds bad), but works perfect now.They are fairly uncommon - the 1200 is the same machine as the 1000, only with a different top cover, allowing two 5 1/4" floppy drives to be mounted "internally".
It's a very interesting machine, and it's fully Apple II+ compatible. The motherboard has a built in language card, so it has a full 64k of RAM. The machine does not, however, produce color, unless it has the color option board fitted (goes over the front of the motherboard, under the keyboard)
Also, it's highly unlikely the keyboard works properly - it uses the Keytronic capacitive keyboard, with the foam disc contacts. I have a 1000 and I had to rebuild the whole keyboard, making new little foam discs.
As far as value - I'd say it is worth more than a IIe or something (since it's far more interesting), but it's not worth a ton. Maybe $50.
-Ian
Yes, and the court battle that ensued ended in Apple's favor. Franklin never recovered from the defeat and exited computer business shortly after introduction of their clean-room clones.Is that an Apple clone?