A computer not mentioned, IIRC

From: John Higginbotham <higginbo_at_netpath.net>
Date: Sun Dec 21 15:32:31 1997

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
- limbo.netpath.net
Received on Sun Dec 21 1997 - 15:32:31 GMT