cctalk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 27 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Oct 2019

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 From: "Ethan O'Toole" <ethan at 757.org>
 To: Murray McCullough <c.murray.mccullough at gmail.com>, "General
 Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:11:49 -0400 (EDT)
 Subject: Re: Coleco & Atari
  old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari
600XL, not so much. I  still
  have my ADAM. No not why. But isn?t this why we
all belong to  classiccomp. And
  $600. How quaint! BTW(sorry), it had an update on
CP/M called CP/M Plus.
 Gosh, I miss those old days. 
 Oh man, the Atari 8bit is second to the Adam? IIRC the 800XL and Floppy
 Drive cost less than the Coleco Adam kit. You didn't get a daisy wheel
 printer, but you got better sound and a much larger library.

 I grew up on the ColecoVision, neighbor had the Atari 5200. I used to say
 the ColecoVision was better when younger but now I have to say I think the
 Atari 5200 is better.

 Have yet to own an Adam, but I always thought of the Adam as something of
 a failure? There was a large number of them that shipped DOA or close to
 DOA as well due to power supply issue (in the printer) ?

 The ADAM was a well-designed system with a great set of launch software
hobbled by a rollout/gamble for the Christmas buying season that didn't pay
off. If they had a proper release to work out the manufacturing issues they
would have been a lot more successful I think. Nevertheless, any system in
the wild you come across should work just as well as any other vintage
machine by this time. It's my favorite machine pre-Amiga/ST/IIgs/Mac.