Franklin's bad ads for Apple ][ clones and the beloved impersonator they depictbuttondown.com18 points by rfarley04 4 days ago
WillAdams 31 minutes agoFor the effect this had on Apple, see:https://www.folklore.org/Stolen_From_Apple.html
fortran77 25 minutes agoI don’t understand why this post is so negative on Franklin. They seemed great.ForHackernews 11 minutes agoSame. Cloning proprietary hardware is doing God's work. We should all hope someone in the modern era can knock off NVidia and Apple silicon.Competition is great for everyone except Apple shareholders.mentos 5 minutes agoYea I feel like if even one kid was introduced to the world of computing through a Franklin it justifies their existence.
ForHackernews 11 minutes agoSame. Cloning proprietary hardware is doing God's work. We should all hope someone in the modern era can knock off NVidia and Apple silicon.Competition is great for everyone except Apple shareholders.mentos 5 minutes agoYea I feel like if even one kid was introduced to the world of computing through a Franklin it justifies their existence.
mentos 5 minutes agoYea I feel like if even one kid was introduced to the world of computing through a Franklin it justifies their existence.
For the effect this had on Apple, see:
https://www.folklore.org/Stolen_From_Apple.html
I don’t understand why this post is so negative on Franklin. They seemed great.
Same. Cloning proprietary hardware is doing God's work. We should all hope someone in the modern era can knock off NVidia and Apple silicon.
Competition is great for everyone except Apple shareholders.
Yea I feel like if even one kid was introduced to the world of computing through a Franklin it justifies their existence.