The Strangest Computer Manual Ever Written

In the early 1980s, when the Apple II came out, a company called Franklin made a knock-off version. It was a pretty blatant copy. Apple eventually sued Franklin, That put an end to Franklin computers.

But while Franklin’s computers may have been clones, the Franklin manuals were definitely original. They were more than just user-friendly. They were written with a lot of creativity and humor.

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@corlin Debates about the ethics of circumventing copy protection, and of copy protection itself, were hot in those days. There are still some crusty old guys muttering "Information wants to be free." And of course there's still the Free Software Foundation.

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