Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!microsoft!brianw From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: ACER Message-ID: <10140@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 4 Jan 90 02:34:14 GMT References: <8912311033.AA01469@apple.com> <1990Jan2.181230.29002@eng.umd.edu> <3064@plains.UUCP> Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian WILLOUGHBY) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 25 wilken@plains.UUCP (Scott Wilken) writes: > >cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes: >> >> writes: >>> >>>ACER. What is acer? Where do I get it? Is is freware/shareware/ect....? >> >>well, as far as I know... ACER is a computer manufacture ... >> >Heh Heh. I think you are thinking of Franklin. Their computers go under the >name "ACE" (Ex. Franklin ACE 1000), and they are apple compatables (for the >most part, I believe they also market some IBM clones). Franklin doesn't enter the picture. Chun-Yao is right. Acer Incorporated is a PC clone manufacturer located in Taipei, Tiawan. They were here at Microsoft last year to work on OS/2 for their machines. In the overpopulated world of PC clones, I have to say that they have the most attractive and ergonomic mouse available. Brian Willoughby UUCP: ...!{tikal, sun, uunet, elwood}!microsoft!brianw InterNet: microsoft!brianw@uunet.UU.NET or: microsoft!brianw@Sun.COM Bitnet brianw@microsoft.UUCP