Why is the Coleco Adam so damn popular?

From: morrison_at_t-iii.com <(morrison_at_t-iii.com)>
Date: Tue Sep 14 12:18:45 1999

Well of course the Model 100 from Rad Shack is eternally popular and useful,
and there are many (such as me) who keep their Color Computers also.

Neil Morrison
email:morrison_at_t-iii.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim [SMTP:DD950_at_prodigy.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:52 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Why is the Coleco Adam so damn popular?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
> > I think it is human sympathy for an underdog. I'm told the reason people
> >AT FIRST bought the VW Beetle was because it was so homely. (Don't shoot,
> I
> >had one in 1956.)
> >
> > Regards
> > Charlie Fox
> >
>
>
>
> If that is it, then it would be an interesting ploy for a marketing
> department. Although, I took such a course at the local community college
> once and we discussed the COORS beer underdog marketing campaign of the
> early and mid 70's. Seems they successfully exploited the underdog thing
> some felt.
>
> Yes, everybody laughed at the Beetle, and bought one.
>
> Whatever, it is amazing at all the Web sites and new equipment for sell on
> the Web for the Coleco Adam. I paid $800 for mine in May 1984 and that
> was/is not really that cheap. There is not that much excitement left for
> Coleco's Cabbage Patch Dolls of that time. Those dolls were making
> headlines
> back then.
>
> Thanks for the input,
>
> Jim Rossbach, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, www.TonkinYachts.cjb.net
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