Tapeless ADAM? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

27 Apr 2004

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  Hi Ken 
    I haven't seen one lately. Been an ADAMITE for some 20 yrs. and they were
available as
'modified' by experimenters to use without printer power supply and with a 5
1/4" drive. A
surprise to see this orphan mentioned anyplace!
  Cheers.

Murray--

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 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:53:31 -0500
 From: "Van Mersbergen, Ken" &lt;KVanMersbergen(a)RandMcNally.com&gt;
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 eColeco sells it for $30 without tape drive, keyboard, printer or
 controllers.

  R80 CPU with place for two Datadrive tape units to boot Tape Software and
 SuperGames, and save or load files on blank Digital Datapack tapes. Play
 Coleco Game Cartridges (virtually indestructible plastic plug-in software on
 MicroChips) using Game Controllers (two 9 pin ports available). Separate
 Game and Computer Reset Switches. Expandable console features three card
 slots under the top access cover (internal Modem or serial card, Aux Dot
 Matrix Printer Card, Expansion Memory Cards from 64K to 256K, and Hard Disk
 Drive interface Cards), plus external card slot on the right end, and disk
 drive port on the left end for a single cable connection to add a floppy
 disk drive (320K to 1.44 Megabyte Capacity). Other connectors: RF (TV)
 output, Monitor (Video) output, and combination Audio/Video output to a
 composite input monitor or TV equipped with A/V inputs. 5% handling and
 ground U.S.A. shipping is $14. 30 day warranty. # 182 LIMITED QUANTITIES

 They also sell stand alone power supplies for the ADAM console.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Dave Dunfield [mailto:dave04a@dunfield.com]
 Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:54 AM
 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: RE: Tapeless Adam ?

 >Found a Coleco Adam on the weekend.
>It's a bit odd in that it has NO tape drives. It does not
>look as if one was removed - there are filler plates in both
>tape compartments which look original.
>Anyone know if there were any variations of the Adam which were
>sold without any tape units at all? 
 Doubtful, looks like someone just pulled the drive
and replaced it with a
"dummy" 
 Thats kinda what I'm guessing, however it *looks* factory - no signs of
 prying, scraping and other giveaways that tell you it was modified.

 eColeco sells ADAM units like this as just a game
console. 
 Curious - are these "game consoles with a printer", or do they have some
 other means of powering them (the Adam is powered by the printer).

 Regards,
 --
 dave04a (at)    Dave Dunfield
 dunfield (dot)  Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com
 com             Vintage computing equipment collector.
                http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

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