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		ctmnt 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Franklin's bad ads for Apple II clones and the bel... That is amazing. Compounded by the fact that there's a product listed as "COMING SOON JULY 2025"! This isn't an abandoned site.

fauria 43 days ago [–]

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

celsoazevedo 43 days ago | [–]

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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