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My first computer was a Franklin ACE 1000 [1]. I always thought it as a compatible Apple II plus. It is great how these stories run in parallel lines: on one hand the legal aspects, on the other, how Franklin reached an extended audience and change its life, personal and professionally wise. Externalities of "piracy".

[1] http://oldcomputers.net/ace1000.html



Similar. My first computer was an unnamed Apple 2 clone from Hong Kong. There’s no way my teacher-salary parents could have afforded an authentic zone, but it turned me into an Apple fan nevertheless.




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