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February 25, 2010

They Don't Make Computer Manuals Like They Used To, a lovely piece by David Friedman on the manual of the Franklin Ace 100. The Ace 100 was an Apple II clone that ended when a court ruled (rightly) that operating systems are covered by copyright law. The Ace 100 manual includes tons of humor, including long passages railing against copy protection.

David is hosting copies of PDF scans of the Ace 100, 1000 and 500 manuals (links at the bottom of his article).