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From: cyliao@MORDOR.ENG.UMD.EDU (Chun-Yao Liao)
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Subject: Re: ACER
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Date: 10 Jan 90 16:46:43 GMT
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In article <3064@plains.UUCP> you write:
>In article <1990Jan2.181230.29002@eng.umd.edu> cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) writes:
>>>with 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).
>
>Id think that some of the FTP archives would have ACER (which incidentally is
>a program to compress and uncompress digitized sounds), but I got my copy
>from GEnie.
>
>Scott
No, ACER is not Franklin. ACER was named Multi-Tech, but seems to have some
conflict with some brand name of some other company; therefore they changed
their name to ACER. It was the first company who developed their own Apple
II compatible computer called MPF-II (Micro-Professor II) and then MPF-III.
But the ProDOS killed this product and they no longer have any development for
Apple compatibles. Instead, they went all the way to the IBM compatibles, 
their product are always reviewed in PC-World, Mac-World, Mac-User, and some
times in BYTE too, I don't read too many different magazines so I have no idea
if they are reviewed in some other magazines.
I remembered that I read an article in a computer magazine presenting about 
this particular Taiwaness computer manufacture. (an American magazine, of 
course, and personally I have no idea what kind of company it really is.)

I think Franklin is U.S. made. correct me if I am wrong.

see, to answer this question I had to go back and find the info from several
magazines (however, I found the article in a piece of "half broken sheet" of
"that" magazine...., so don't know what magazine it was)

After all, you did get a program called ACER so no doubt it IS a Comp/Uncomp
utility.

Chun
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