21 Dec
1997
21 Dec
'97
7:32 a.m.
Merch,
I used to run one of these back in my teenage years. It was a pretty neat
machine, except for a few downfalls: Little third party support, not a whole
heck of alot of software to choose from and power supply was built-in to the
printer.
On the plus side: You could run CP/M on it, and yes, playing all those
Colecovision games on it was a blast too. I think the normal retail price on
the system was $599, but it quickly dropped to $499 the first year, and by
the time it was headed out the stores you could snag one for $199. There's
still a couple of ADAM user's groups out there, just have to search the web
for them.
At 02:57 PM 12/20/97, you wrote:
And for the crowning glory: A complete (hardware,
software, and books)
Coleco ADAM computer! I don't recall hearing this machine mentioned on the
list as of yet (but I could be wrong), but it's an interesting machine! 80K
Ram, 4Mhz Z-80, built-in 10cps daisy-wheel printer, all of the original
dox, 2 keyboards, joysticks and a single 256K digital datassette drive. The
drive allowed random access to the information on the tape (tho it was
slower than floppy, for sure). It also had a copy of ADAMCalc w/dox, and a
boxed, unopened extra blank digital tape, and an extra keyboard. I have not
tested this yet, but it looks to be in perfect working order.
This thing would even handle all of the original ColecoVision cartridges,
so it should make a nice game box as well!
- John Higginbotham
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