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Re:Franklin's bad ads for Apple ][ clones and the beloved im... by ctmnt on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @09:31AM (#47765428)
That is amazing. Compounded by the fact that there's a product listed as "COMING SOON JULY 2025"! This isn't an abandoned site.
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Re:Franklin's bad ads for Apple ][ clones and the beloved im... by fauria on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @11:17AM (#47766780)
Also, the footer reads "© 2026 FEP Holding Company LLC" (probably not automated, the web seems like an HTML exported Word document).

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Electronic_Publishers

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Re:Franklin's bad ads for Apple ][ clones and the beloved im... by celsoazevedo on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @11:49AM (#47767228)
That part uses javascript to get the year: https://celsoazevedo.com/files/2026/franklin-date.png

The "Last-Modified" HTML header suggests it was last updated on "Sat, 05 Jul 2025 04:27:21 GMT": https://celsoazevedo.com/files/2026/franklin-mod.png

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