FS: Franklin Ace 2200 CPU

From: Peter Stokes <stokesp_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri May 7 18:06:36 2004

A while ago I retrieved a Franklin Ace 2200 from a neighbour who was
throwing it out. Well most of one, anyway. I have the CPU and the
joystick. No keyboard, no screen. The computer is clean and while I
obviously can't really tell, it appears to boot. I believe it has 128K
RAM (8 4164 chips on a riser card and 8 3764s on motherboard). No
expansion cards. There was a floppy in each drive; when you power it up
it beeps and disks spin and click away for a while like it's loading its
DOS.

I know next to nothing about this system, and don't want to get into
diagnosing anything... Until finding this one I knew them only from
cheesy Byte ads when I was 10. I grabbed this one for good obsolete
computer karma, so someday when my Atari 800XL craps out I hope there'll
be someone who snagged one from a neighbour for a dollar back when
neighbours still had those things, and I'll pay him well.

Five bucks plus shipping (your choice). It's built like a tank, so the
shipping is not going to be free. If you live around Boston MA you can
come get it. Respond by direct e-mail: I don't normally read this
mailing list, it was suggested to me by another old computer enthusiast.

Enjoy and good day, Peter.
Received on Fri May 07 2004 - 18:06:36 BST