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Page 2: ...kl n Computer ACE 2000 SERIES COMPUTER USER S REFERENCE MANUAL Franklin Computer Corporation Route 73 and Haddonfield Road Pennsauken NJ 08110 609 488 0666 This manual is Franklin Part Number MN 07852...

Page 3: ...anklin Computer Corporation FRANKLIN COMPUTER CORPORATION FRANKLIN ACE and FRANKLIN DOS 2 are trademarks of Franklin Computer Corporation All rights are reserved The following trademarks owned by the...

Page 4: ...9 Connecting The Video Monitor 1 11 Turning On The Computer 1 12 Turning On The Computer With Disk Drives 1 14 Other ACE 2000 Series Computer Features 1 15 Front Panel Indicator Lights 1 16 OPTION SW...

Page 5: ...ranklin DOS 2 Commands And Programs 4 1 Franklin DOS 2 Commands 4 1 RUN And BRUN Commands 4 2 CATALOG Command 4 2 LOCK And UNLOCK Commands 4 3 REN And RENAME Commands 4 3 DEL And DELETE Commands 4 4 I...

Page 6: ...Device 7 2 Connecting The Monitor 7 3 Connecting A Television Set 7 5 Standard Display Features _ 7 5 Additional Display Features 7 6 Character Sets 7 7 The Graphics Character Set 7 8 Additional Displ...

Page 7: ...Control Of Input And Output 8 6 Printer Control Commands 8 7 Printer Software Default Settings 8 7 Printer Software Commands 9 1 Glossary Appendix 10 1 ASCII Code Chart 10 2 Alternate Character Set 1...

Page 8: ...uter Case Step 2 1 21 ACE 2000 Main Board Slot Location 1 22 Main Board Jumper Location 1 23 Lifting Off Jumper Connectors 1 24 Jumper Configuration 1 25 Main Board 16 Pin DIP Socket Location 1 26 Mai...

Page 9: ...ver Plug the computer into a different outlet so that computer and receiver are on different branch circuits If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technici...

Page 10: ...t manual or software purchased by the end user provided that such sale or transfer shall be subject to the limitations on Franklin s liability and of the limited license expressed herein THE SOFTWARE...

Page 11: ...OR DATA SOME STATES MAY NOT ALLOW THIS FULL LIMITATION SO THIS LANGUAGE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN SUCH CASE FRANKLIN S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS COMPUTER PRODUC...

Page 12: ...on repair or replace any product at rio further charge to the end user on deter mination by Franklin in its sole discretion that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the duratio...

Page 13: ...T PROFITS DAMAGES TO PROPERTY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW DOWNTIME GOODWILL OR ANY COST OF REPROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA UNLESS OTHERWISE CON...

Page 14: ...eed for personal business home and educational computing applications Your Franklin ACE 2000 Series Computer incorporates the advanced design features of other Franklin computers as well as extensive...

Page 15: ...ple lie computers including 128 K of memory and 80 column video functions It also includes the Double High Resolution Display feature of the Apple lie which allows display of 560 by 192 pixels on the...

Page 16: ...text card and lie extended text card capa bility It is included with the ACE 2000 Series Computer as standard equipment The ACE 2000 Series Computer is hardware and software compatible with programs a...

Page 17: ...s Computer computer effec tively doesn t depend on mastering all the material in this manual Using a computer doesn t have to be an exhausting or intimidating experience On the other hand using this p...

Page 18: ...erienced computer users though it can be helpful to anyone interested in applying the power of the ACE 2000 Series computer Since the Franklin ACE 2000 Series Computer is designed to be extensively co...

Page 19: ...of the manual to get an idea of how things are supposed to work There are some important items packed with the computer like the Warranty Card the power cord the video cable this manual and the Frank...

Page 20: ...hat you have a lot of expansion capa bility with your ACE 2000 Series computer system The large round cutout with the metal grill is the built in fan a standard feature of the ACE 2000 Series Computer...

Page 21: ...Most users will connect a printer to their computer using the PARALLEL PRINTER connector Some users will need the GAME CONTROL connector depending on the computer s application Setting Up Your Connec...

Page 22: ...ideo monitor to the computer If you re using a monochrome monitor or a composite color monitor take the cable provided with the ACE 2000 Series Computer and plug it into the connector on the back pane...

Page 23: ...e Display of this manual Video Cable And Connector Now you re ready to go Make sure both the computer and the video monitor are turned off and plug in the power cords Make sure you use a grounded outl...

Page 24: ...n light on the left side of the front panel of the computer should go on and the disk drive light should go on as the computer tries to read the diskette You should also see a single character a which...

Page 25: ...r no disk drives If you have one or two disk drives follow this procedure If you have no disk drives with your ACE 2000 Series Computer for instance if it s used in a networking situation with other s...

Page 26: ...red light on the disk drive go on Now close the disk drive latch It is a good habit to keep the disk drive latch open whenever you turn the power on or off This helps protect the diskette against powe...

Page 27: ...o adjust the brightness and contrast of the video monitor If you re using a television set make sure the computer s connections with it are correct There is another possible source of problems if the...

Page 28: ...the diskette 4 Double hires graphics is in use This indicator is active any time the 560 x 192 pixel screen display is used 5 The CPU LED registers any I 0 activity of the computer CPU This activity...

Page 29: ...ows that the central processing unit is r performing some I 0 activity which includes keyboard disk drive printer or peripheral card activity This means that it is busy almost all the time Some of the...

Page 30: ...2000 Series Computer the box contains a number of expansion slots and the disk drives are connected to the main electrohics board through the expansion slots In that case the internal slot 6 must be d...

Page 31: ...ing display are available Some of these attributes are not available for standard characters when the alternate cho uacter set is chosen r The Franklin ACE 2000 Series Computer has the capa _ bility t...

Page 32: ...n the top of the case and the disk drive cables are long enough to remain connected while the top is off Removing Computer Case Step 1 The two long connectors at the rear of the main elec tronics boar...

Page 33: ...Case Step 2 one of the covers from a hole in the rear panel of the appropriate size to lead the cable through You may want to mount the connector onto the rear wall directly Some of the holes are size...

Page 34: ...r slot may be used either as slot 4 or as slot 7 Slot 4 is often used for connecting additional disk drive units or for adding a CP M another operating system peripheral card Slot 7 is generally used...

Page 35: ...I B C J c Jc J c J 0 c J c J c J c J c J c J 1 c ___J c J c J c J J J I I c J c J J c J J _______ aa aooD Do Main Board Jumper Location The choice of slot 4 or slot 7 is made by setting two jumpers o...

Page 36: ...Lifting Off Jum __ __ _j per Connectors 1 23...

Page 37: ...JP7 JP8 I JP7 JP8 7I 7 D 0 I 0 0 I J l IC J 4 SLOT I 4 SLO f DECODE DECODE Jumper Configuration 1 24...

Page 38: ...stall it through one of the holes in the rear panel to a DIP socket on the main electronics board The socket is located just below the RF modulator board and behind the OPTION SWITCH box and is labell...

Page 39: ...lectronics board with an electronics adaptor board The position of the connector is shown in the illustration The RGB connector is marked Jll RGB Your dealer can help you with the cables and adaptor b...

Page 40: ...it The keyboard has adjustable feet to change the typing angle and fit your typing preference Keytouch shaped keytops auto repeat and other built in features make the keyboard comfortable and easy to...

Page 41: ...he alphabetic and punctuation keys and the numeric keypad on the right side The design of these keyboard groups is as close as possible to the layout of a typewriter and a calculator so you can use yo...

Page 42: ...d at the lower left of the keyboard is another shift key If you hold down the CTRL key while you press another key you generate a special control code These control codes are often used for special co...

Page 43: ...operation to another The LED indicator light on the NUM LOCK key shows the numeric keypad is in number mode The ALT key is also a shift key but it generates special codes that are used only in specia...

Page 44: ...mmand sequence or as a response to a question by the computer An example might be ESC A in which you press ESC and then you press A Sometimes ESC means special things to some software applications and...

Page 45: ...powerful you have to press CTRL RESET to activate it This two key proce dure prevents accidental pressing of the RESET key Reset is also called a warm start The open F and closed F F keys are special...

Page 46: ...tte The definitions are Key Definition Description Fl CATALOG Dl Catalog of drive 1 RETURN F2 CATALOG D2 Catalog of drive 2 RETURN F3 PR 3 RETURN Turn on 80 columns F4 PR l RETURN Turn on printer outp...

Page 47: ...n DOS 2 chapters and the video display chapter As far as the function keys are concerned all you have to remember is that the key produces the sequence of characters shown in the defi nitions whenever...

Page 48: ...ware is activated You may need to try each application program you use to see if the enhanced video software is activated by it and therefore if the editing commands on the numeric keypad are opera ti...

Page 49: ...to make room for it Only characters to the right of the cursor column are affected If there is a character in the last column of the line that character is lost DELC Delete A Character This command de...

Page 50: ...hanges with the INSC and DELC keys When the changes are complete just press CPES The corrected line is sent to BASIC with a RETURN without any additional cursor movement required If you use the CPES c...

Page 51: ...n drive 1 Franklin DOS 2 goes from the diskette to the computer s memory where it s available for your use until you turn the computer off or load an application program You ll do well to start your c...

Page 52: ...rts of a computer system Your Computer because they allow easy movement of programs or data 3 2 into and out of the computer When you run an appli _ cation program the program is read from the diskett...

Page 53: ...pply of diskettes to use your ACE 2000 Series Computer effectively You ll use them to make copies of your operating system diskettes as well as for data storage and programs When you purchase blank di...

Page 54: ...general computer tasks Chapter 1 Getting Started of this manual showed you how to boot the ACE 2000 Series Computer using the 3 4 Franklin DOS 2 diskette This procedure reviews that sequence to remind...

Page 55: ...losing Drive Latch The computer now starts to read the diskette There may be a little noise as the disk drive adjusts itself and then reads Franklin DOS 2 into its internal memory You ll see a message...

Page 56: ...Franklin DOS 2 diskette It tells you among other things that every thing is ready to go Other Franklin DOS 2 diskettes may have slightly different contents or screen displays as_ Franklin updates the...

Page 57: ...ram get the Franklin DOS 2 prompt and type RUN COPY RETURN Either procedure loads the copy program into the computer s memory The screen displays Fast Copy Vx x Franklin Computer Corp Insert the disk...

Page 58: ...OS or CP M on it into drive one then press any key to re boot This reboots the operating system and gives you a chance to test your duplicate Franklin DOS 2 diskette Press any key to proceed One Disk...

Page 59: ...n shows Please insert the source disk and press RETURN to continue or ESC to quit The program reads part of the source diskette into memory then asks you to insert the destination diskette writes the...

Page 60: ...the CATALOG command by typing CATALOG and then RETURN or you can use an Franklin DOS 2 abbreviation In Franklin DOS 2 typing I and then RETURN is the same as the CATALOG command Try the CATALOG comma...

Page 61: ...format is used on them CATALOG is a quick way to find out which format a diskette has This is important especially when you make copies of diskett s Some copy programs like ONE DRIVE COPY only copy d...

Page 62: ...f you encounter 35 track diskettes frequently at user s groups or software exchanges you ll avoid confusion if your own diskettes are 35 track too Each of the entries in the catalog list is a file To...

Page 63: ...iles R Relocatable object files 0 Binary object files D Binary data files You don t have to worry about understanding all these terms Most of them are used only in technical situa tions where their me...

Page 64: ...use a volume number Franklin DOS 2 won t care and will use the diskette in the drive you specified If you do use a volume number it must match the volume number on the diskette To avoid potential con...

Page 65: ...all you have to do is put 02 slot 6 is still the default after the command or file name you want to use on drive 2 Then drive 2 becomes your default drive If you don t use volume numbers VO is always...

Page 66: ...write some programs if you wanted to but you couldn t store them on diskette because Franklin DOS 2 the disk operating system isn t avail able Franklin DOS 2 controls all the interaction with the disk...

Page 67: ...n purpose As you use your computer your work patterns will lead you to select these different types according to your needs If what follows seems somewhat technical don t be discouraged Try to recogni...

Page 68: ...ms that you use frequently because they are easy to boot and because Franklin DOS 2 provides many useful file management commands The INIT Command The INIT command short for initialize prepares blank...

Page 69: ...he process and finishes the initialization in about 15 seconds INIT chose the 35 track format because that s the format of the Franklin DOS 2 diskette If you wanted to use another diskette format such...

Page 70: ...he computer s memory by using the command NEW or by rebooting the computer Clearing the memory and transferring the desired program individ ually is a more certain procedure than using INIT You ll wan...

Page 71: ...u have a new diskette with Franklin DOS 2 and the HELLO file on it To verify that all these procedures went as planned use a catalog command for the new diskette Type CATALOG 02 RETURN You should see...

Page 72: ...ram is written in BASIC or binary language or in some other kind of file format Each file format then requires a specific RUN command for its type of files Traditionally the RUN command is reserved fo...

Page 73: ...N The LOCK command protects files so you can t acci dentally add to delete rename or change them in any way All the files on the Franklin DOS 2 diskette are locked The asterisk in the catalog listing...

Page 74: ...If you remember the INIT procedure to initialize a diskette you were asked to name a file to run when ever the diskette was booted The file you named was HELLO If HELLO isn t on the diskette under the...

Page 75: ...chapter of this manual or the ACE 2000 Technical Reference Manual COPY Command 4 4 COPY is the Franklin DOS 2 command you used to copy individual files when you prepared boatable diskettes The COPY c...

Page 76: ...f utility programs on the Franklin DOS 2 diskette You ve already used two of them COPY and ONE DRIVE COPY COPY will copy any Franklin DOS 2 or other DOS CP M or Pascal diskette on a two disk drive com...

Page 77: ...DOS 2 diskette and type FUD R ET URN After a few seconds you ll see the FUD opening screen FUD version x x by Franklin Computer Corp MAIN MENU S Show files on diskette C Copy files D Delete files L L...

Page 78: ...rms only the formatting function Formatting prepares a diskette so you can store data files on it This option gives you the maximum storage space for a diskette because it adds no other files such as...

Page 79: ...ly to ACE 2000 Series Comp ter disk drives FUD then asks for a diskette volume number What volume number would you like on the diskette enter 0 254 The volume number is an identification number placed...

Page 80: ...ax a minute You get this message when the format operation is finished The d iskette has been formatted Press RETURN to format another diskette or CTRL C to exit The diskette is now ready to store pro...

Page 81: ...t what the nan e you ve created really refers to 1t s possible to create an ___ ambiguous file name that includes more file names than you intended For example by using an overly ambiguous file name w...

Page 82: ...so you can handle groups of files as units When you select S the screen clears and then displays this message Show diskette catalog which file s RETURN for all files CTRL C to abort ESC for help Defa...

Page 83: ...r press CTRL C to stop the display After all the files are displayed the total of all their file sizes is shown along with the number of unused sectors 256 characters each remaining on the diskette Th...

Page 84: ...readable If the FUD program can read all your files without any errors occurring you can be fairly confident that all the data is still in good condition Selection C Copy Files The C option lets you c...

Page 85: ...diskette FUD recognizes all the Franklin DOS 2 formats auto mafically so you can copy from a diskette of one format to another diskette of another format In fact option C and the Franklin DOS 2 COPY...

Page 86: ...particular diskette use VERIFY to determine whether or not the diskette is faulty With the Franklin DOS 2 diskette in drive 1 type V ERIFY RETURN and follow the instructions VERIFY will not affect th...

Page 87: ...hat there are many things you can do with your ACE 2000 Series Computer by using a few simple commands Thousands and thousands of appli cation programs are already written for you They use the same te...

Page 88: ...memory at the right time send it to the printer at the designated output location in such and such a format The advantage of BASIC as a programming language is that it allows you to ignore all those...

Page 89: ...er doesn t know that Bill s name doesn t really have three L s in it or that you meant to put a comma where you typed a period The computer takes things exactly as it finds them so be careful and foll...

Page 90: ...Its Contents Are RETUR N 40 PRINT CTRL D CATALOG RETURN Make sure you hold down the CTRL while you press the D key You shouldn t see anything between the quotation marks because CTRL D is a non print...

Page 91: ...BASIC PROGRAM RETURN This command saves the identical program on the diskette It doesn t matter to Franklin DOS 2 that there are two identical programs on the diskette as long as their names are diff...

Page 92: ...programs You ve also seen how the structure of the program plays an important part in its operation The line numbers you put on the left side of the line give the correct sequence of operation of the...

Page 93: ...booted A further refinement is to use this little program to run another program such as an application program on a particular diskette or a function key definition program In this case you would us...

Page 94: ...e special editing keys are located on the numeric pad The keys are active as editing keys when the NUM LOCK key is off and when the enhanced video soft ware is activated The enhanced video software ca...

Page 95: ...nd inserts a space character at the current cursor position and pushes other characters on the line one position to the right to make room for it Only characters to the right of the cursor column are...

Page 96: ...he escape mode cursor movement keys to locate the section of the line that needed correction then make the changes with the INSC and DELC keys When the changes are complete just press CPES The correct...

Page 97: ...ition instead of the key char acter The function keys have definitions assigned to them that are entered each time you boot the Franklin DOS 2 diskette To see how the function keys work boot the Frank...

Page 98: ...hen you use them together with the CTRL and ALT keys If you start the computer without booting the Franklin DOS 2 diskette or don t have the Function Key defini tions loaded for some reason pressing t...

Page 99: ...ional information and RETURN For instance the command line COPY filename 02 RETURN would be typed F7 f i 1ename 02 RETURN The operation of the Franklin DOS 2 commands them selves are given in Chapter...

Page 100: ...itions is 233 but be aware that Franklin BASIC doesn t check this number for you If you exceed 233 characters in your definitions you ll r destroy the contents and or the numbering of all the definiti...

Page 101: ...re are a few suggestions before you get started Use the application program for a while before you choose the commands to put on the keys Then you ll want to think about which commands are most import...

Page 102: ...stions For instance this procedure will create a sample start up file NEW RETURN 10 FKEY 1 Definition 1 20 FKEY 2 Definition 2 120 FKEY 12 Definition 12 END RETURN SAVE HELLO RETURN This program which...

Page 103: ...ers and graphics They are excellent for 80 column display such as you might use with word processing or spreadsheet programs On the other hand they don t display color Color is often used with games o...

Page 104: ...ecting an RF modulator are summarized below Specific installation instructions are included with the RF modulator The type of display you choose should balance factors like the applications you ll use...

Page 105: ...ou re working with the computer the display keeps changing so burning in an image is not a problem The computer s signal must be converted into a form the television set can use This conversion is don...

Page 106: ...computer input whenever you want to use the computer Plug in the computer making sure you use a grounded outlet for the computer s power cord Now turn on the television set the channel correctly set t...

Page 107: ...same way they will appear on paper when you print them On the other hand many educational and entertain ment programs use a 40 column display There are some good reasons for this First these programs...

Page 108: ...wn on the screen make up the 128 characters of the ASCII character set ASCII pronounced ASK ee is the acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange You can learn more about the ASCII...

Page 109: ...haracters such as the icons used with a mouse and mouse controlled software Refer to the ACE 2000 Technical Reference Manual for details on this other character set This manual simply explains its pre...

Page 110: ...ormal character display The following graphics characters are generated in the alternate character set by typing the character shown at the lower left corner of each diagram B c D J K L I L R s T I z...

Page 111: ...that are discussed briefly below Mixed Text Displays The ACE 2000 Series Computer has two display modes that mix text and graphics display modes These mixed modes are available in both lores and hire...

Page 112: ...ting That storage demonstrated the two page storage system _ used by the display That same two page storage system is used for graphics images One graphics image can be stored in page one and another...

Page 113: ...ith the 80 column and keyboard control of the computer but it is of general use and interest for advanced use of the computer and its capability This software includes several general enhancements and...

Page 114: ...iven 7 12 Control Code Commands Control codes are executed by holding down the CTRL key while you press the other key The Control code commands are given with a brief explanation below If an invalid c...

Page 115: ...return This is equivalent to pressing RETURN CTRLN Reverse video off This command turns off reverse video display mode CTRLO Reverse video on This command turns on reverse video display mode which me...

Page 116: ...e position to the right when it is executed from the keyboard CTRL U prgm Switch to 40 columns exit enhanced video software This command switches the video display to 40 column mode and deactivates th...

Page 117: ...of the cursor are not affected CTRL 1 Position cursor to X Y This command positions the cursor to any location on the screen The command interprets the next two char acters typed or PRINTed from a pro...

Page 118: ...sign in it Whenever you see the escape mode cursor it means that the enhanced video software is expecting the second character of an escape sequence The escape sequences used by the enhanced video so...

Page 119: ...op line disappearing from the top position ESCD Cursor up This sequence moves the cursor up one line staying in the same column If the cursor is in the top line of the screen the command is ignored ES...

Page 120: ...software This sequence switches the video display to 40 column mode The enhanced video software remains active in 40 column operation If there was 80 columns of data previously displayed the first 40...

Page 121: ...Editing Commands These commands are included with this group because they are part of the enhanced video software They are available when that software is activated They also require that the NUM LOCK...

Page 122: ...st DELC Delete A Character This command deletes the character at the current cursor position and moves all the columns on the right side one space from the right to close up the line A space character...

Page 123: ...haracter after CPES executes Don t worry this is only the display screen s processing of the command The correct and complete line was sent to the running program Control Codes CTRL G CTRLH CTRLJ CTRL...

Page 124: ...y in Escape mode ESC 4 Switch to 40 column mode ESC 8 Switch to 80 column mode ESC CURSOR RIGHT Cursor right stay in Escape mode ESC CURSOR LEFT Cursor left stay in Escape mode ESC CURSOR UP Cursor up...

Page 125: ...neously on eight parallel wires This is fast and efficient but it works well only over short distances say 10 to 20 feet Serial transmis sion sends the eight character signals one after the other alon...

Page 126: ...arallel cable connecting a DB 25 connector to an Centronics edge connector on the printer Printer Cable And Connector Different printers have different features and options Your ACE 2000 computer has...

Page 127: ...ional setting you need to make before you use your printer OPTION SWITCH 2 on the back panel controls whether the computer sends a line feed command to the print2r at the end of each line or whether t...

Page 128: ...the latter part of Chapter 1 Getting Started for instructions and illustrations showing how to open the computer case The serial interface card you purchased should be inserted into slot 2 which is t...

Page 129: ...RESET is pressed or until another PR is given with another slot number Entering PR O is recommended since slot 0 is unoccupied and thus will not create a conflicting command Note that by default outpu...

Page 130: ...R 9 The indi vidual commands are letters preceded by this command character Because the command character is the TAB character which you may need to use in your text you may want to change the command...

Page 131: ...een dump There are commands that allow you to modify the characteristics of the printed screen such as rotating it or showing it in reversed video Commands to change these characteristics are given be...

Page 132: ...reen of data in the format needed for a C Itoh printer Set the parameters for the printing characteristics before you use this command After it has started the screen dump can be stopped by pressing E...

Page 133: ...s command informs the printer software that all subsequent screen dumps are to be printed in inverse mode CTRL I J Select normal image dump This command returns the printer software to normal printing...

Page 134: ...screen can be printed exactly as it appears on screen or it can be rotated 90 degrees so the contents of the display screen appears on the long axis of the printed page These commands allow you to se...

Page 135: ...e command designator char acter CTRL I TAB the default value and try to print a document which has TAB characters in it the printer software won t know how to interpret the TAB charac ters it finds wh...

Page 136: ...I Z Change command designator character This command allows you to change the command designator character to some character other than CTRL I Just enter the new command designator char acter after t...

Page 137: ...trol characters ASCII file A text file in which data is recorded in ASCII code form that is character by character Backup BASIC language A copy of a diskette Beginner s All purpose Symbolic Instructio...

Page 138: ...t may also be any group of graphic or other characters Cold boot Starting a computer usually from a power off state so that all memory is erased and the operating system is read in from scratch See al...

Page 139: ...ne network See Modem Disk diskette A magnetic recording medium used to store data espe cially in personal computers A diskette consists of a flexible disk which spins inside a protective envelope Disk...

Page 140: ...andling the diskette and not bending it See diskette Format To make a diskette ready for use by recording an organizational J scheme upon it Function Key A key which cap produce a f nction command or...

Page 141: ...r the communication between the computer and external peripheral devices Joystick A game controller LED Light Emitting Diode A small light used as an indicator of activity The disk drive lights the ke...

Page 142: ...to accept and support other circuit boards Mouse A hand held serial communications device you slide around the desk surface to control movement of the cursor and other computer operations NUM LOCK ke...

Page 143: ...o write these instructions Programmable keys also Function keys These are keys which can receive store and generate a definition you program onto the key PROM Programmed Read Only Memory Memory circui...

Page 144: ...un To execute a program in a computer Save To store data or a program in a diskette file Sector A subdivision of a track on a diskette See Track Serial interface A data transmission circuit using a si...

Page 145: ...normal command control of the computer since all commands except reinitializations like PR n are treated as data only Utility A program or series of programs that sort through files reorga nize the c...

Page 146: ...045 046 047 I I 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 0 1 2 3 4 5 b 7 8 9 f 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 Q A B c D E F G H I J K L M N 0 0...

Page 147: ...Graphics Character Set F J X v _ A 8 c D E F G 1 H J K L M N 0 L 7 I p a R s T u v w c I JL I r X y z 10 2...

Page 148: ...PS LOCK Key 2 3 2 4 CATALOG 3 10 3 20 4 2 4 11 S 1 6 1 CHAIN 4 15 Character S 2 6 4 7 6 Character Set 1 18 7 6 F Closed F Key 2 6 CLRL Key 2 10 S 9 7 20 CLRS Key 2 10 S 9 7 19 Cold Boot also Reboot Co...

Page 149: ...oftware 1 3 2 9 7 11 through 7 22 Error Message 4 3 4 12 ESC Key 2 5 Escape Sequence Commands 7 15 7 22 Franklin DOS 2 Chapters 3 4 1 2 Franklin DOS 2 System Diskette Chapters 3 4 1 2 1 6 1 13 1 14 6...

Page 150: ...9 1 12 7 1 NEW 3 20 5 4 5 5 Numeric Keypad 2 8 5 8 7 19 NUM LOCK Key 2 4 One Key Editing Commands See Editing Commands Open F Key 2 6 See also Cold Boot OPTION SWITCH 1 1 14 1 17 OPTION SWITCH 2 1 17...

Page 151: ...lot 1 17 1 18 1 19 1 21 1 22 1 27 3 12 8 3 8 4 Slot Configuration Jumpers 1 22 Software i Ianclshaking See XON XOFF Protocol Source 3 9 4 14 Speaker 1 7 7 12 Technical Reference Manual 1 4 1 5 2 4 4 1...

Page 152: ...NOTES...

Page 153: ...puter Ace 2000 Series Computer Extended Memory Card Manual Franklin Computer Corporation Route 73 and Haddonfield Road Pennsauken NJ 08110 609 488 0666 This manual su pplement is Franklin Part Number...

Page 154: ...o any machine readable form without prior consent in writing from Franklin Computer Corporation Copyrights to all Franklin DOS programs and all programs resident on the Franklin ACE Extended Memory Ca...

Page 155: ...ansion memory card already present in the ACE 2000 Series computers The computer also has 64 K of memory on the main elec tronics board The normal configuration of the Extended Memory Card is 320 K of...

Page 156: ...row of eight 64 K chips for a total memory of 320 K If you replace the set of 64 K chips with the higher capacity 256 K chips the Extended Memory Card will have the optional 512 K configuration Your...

Page 157: ...you ll install the new card in the computer connect the cable to the main board and run a quick test of its operation before closing the computer case Open the computer case by following this simple o...

Page 158: ...cables are long enough to remain connected while the top is off Now locate the memory expansion board mounted on top of the main electronics board near the power supply Remove the nut holding the boa...

Page 159: ...th sockets are keyed so the plugs fit only one way When the board is installed and connected run a quick test to check the operation of its RAM memory before you close the computer case Slide the top...

Page 160: ...nted the same way Next make sure that the chips meet the correct timing specification which is 150 nanoseconds If all those things seem correct but there is still a problem with the memory card call y...

Page 161: ...here is no error BAD meaning an error has been detected in that RAM bank or which indicates that that bank is not available on this card The illustration above is for the standard 320 K configuration...

Page 162: ...program behaves just like a regular disk drive which you access by using normal operating system commands like CATALOG etc with the designated slot number The most important difference between RAM di...

Page 163: ...a slot number the command uses slot 3 called the default value Obviously you can t use a slot number which already has an assigned peripheral device or a slot number greater than 7 If you don t list f...

Page 164: ...he RAM disk without initializing or losing the data stored on it This is done by running the FRAMDISK program but specifying a slot number of zero This will connect the RAM disk to the operating syste...

Page 165: ...of the RAM disk created can contain a maximum of 51 files any or all of which can be used as subdirectory files if desired Files may be copied to or from the RAM disk by means of the ProDOS FILER prog...

Page 166: ...automatically and load the Appleworks programs on it To run the Appleworks programs insert this start up diskette in drive 1 and the Appleworks program diskette in drive two and press CTRL RESET or I...

Page 167: ...0 Series computer uses memory bank 0 for its video phase and the active memory bank specified in the bank register for Read Write oper ations during its CPU phase Since bank 0 is selected during the v...

Page 168: ...000 Series computer and the four upper bits select the active memory bank for the video phase of the computer These operating modes are selected by changing the configuration of a group of shorting pi...

Page 169: ...e factory in operating mode 1 CPU Banking Only The four sets of pins have two shorting sleeves The operating modes are selected according to this arrange ment of the shorting sleeves Mode 1 has the sl...

Page 170: ...ption repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on deter mination by Franklin in its sole discretion that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the durat...

Page 171: ...OST PROFITS DAMAGES TO PROPERTY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW DOWNTIME GOODWILL OR ANY COST OF REPROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA UNLESS OTHERWISE C...

Page 172: ...Fran Computer ACE 2000 Series Computer RGB Interface Manual Supplement Franklin Computer Corporation Route 73 Haddonfield Road Pennsauken NJ 08110 609 488 0666...

Page 173: ...to any machine readable form without prior consent in writing from Franklin Computer Corporation Copyrights to all Franklin DOS programs are held by Franklin Computer Corporation FRANKLIN COMPUTER COR...

Page 174: ...ual supplement contains information on installing the RGB Interface card and instructions on setting its configuration to work with different kinds of RGB monitors If your ACE 2000 Series computer alr...

Page 175: ...opposite the cable is held on the main board by a plastic support as shown Insert the large end of the plastic support into its hole on the main board first Then remove the screw holding the edge of t...

Page 176: ...provided to th plastic e top of the m t ____ su_p_p_ o_rt_ n t o t h e h l eoral standoff and o e on the card t snap the s ab 12 3...

Page 177: ...nnector up to hole 6 in the back panel The metal tabs covering the holes are easily removed from the inside This hole is sized for the DB 9 connector and has slots for the attaching bolts Secure the D...

Page 178: ...Jumper Wl W2 W3 W4 ws W6 W7 W8 Jumper Clip On Negative Vert Sync Positive Vert Sync Monochrome Obi Hires Positive Horiz Sync or Composite Sync Negative Horiz Sync or Composite Sync Text Color Selecti...

Page 179: ...is is sometimes called Composite Sync which means that the negative vertical and the horizontal sync signals are together Jumpers W6 and W7 Text Color Selection These jumpers select the color of the t...

Page 180: ...W4 On WS On WS Off W8 Off W8 0n The other jumpers W3 W6 and W7 are user preferences If these configurations don t work consult the manual of the monitor to determine the settings needed If you still...

Page 181: ...ion repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on deter mination by Franklin in its sole discretion that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the duratio...

Page 182: ...OST PROFITS DAMAGES TO PROPERTY DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW DOWNTIME GOODWILL OR ANY COST OF REPROGRAMMING OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA UNLESS OTHERWISE C...

Page 183: ...uct manual or software purchased by the end user provided that such sale or transfer shall be subject to the limitations on Franklin s liability and of the limited license expressed herein THE SOFTWAR...

Page 184: ...M OR OATA SOME STATES MAY NOT ALLOW THIS FULL LIMITATION SO THIS LANGUAGE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN SUCH CASE FRANKLIN S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THIS COMPUTER PRODU...

Page 185: ...tartupl2 NOTE This new utility has its files saved in PRO DOS forn at As a result you can NOT catalog or access files on this disk with FDOS A PRO DOS utility disk is required to use the programs on...

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