I was talking to a friend this weekend who brought
up this idea that before long EPROMs in our old
computers are going to start to go bad.
According to the experts in our Coleco ADAM group, there is truth to this.
Apparently computer chips generally have a tendency to fail after about 10
years. I have 4 Coleco ADAMs all roughly the same age (12 years) and I've
yet to experience this problem with any of them. Unfortunately in our case 1
of the chips, the MIOC or Memory Input/Output Controller is a rarity and
apparently cannot be duplicated. Most of us have been stockpiling old ADAMs
in the hopes of keeping ourselves going as long as we can. (We're like Edsul
owners... we refuse to give up).
At any rate, I don't know of anyone in our community who has experienced the
problem.... yet, but we've been warned.
-Ron Mitchell