Speak & Spell for the ADAM / ColecoVision
(9/06/2026)
Speak & Spell is coming to ColecoVision and ADAM.
I've been building a tribute to the 1978 Texas Instruments Speak & Spell —
the orange-and-red talking toy that taught a generation to spell, and taught
a lot of us what a computer sounds like.
All five original activities are in: Spell It, Say It, Mystery Word, Secret
Code and Letter. All forty keys of the panel. 155 words across four
difficulty levels, sourced from published research into the original word
lists rather than made up.
The speech is the real thing. Not samples — live synthesis on an SP0256
through the Lundy speech card, built from 64 speech sounds the way that
hardware was designed to work. Which means it can attempt words that were
never programmed into it. Type anything on the idle screen, press ENTER, and
it'll have a go.
On an ADAM you type on the actual keyboard. On a ColecoVision you drive a
cursor round the key grid with the joystick and press fire. The cartridge
works out which machine it's running on and adjusts.
That keyboard support took thirty revisions. Reading the ADAM's keyboard from
a cartridge means switching the memory map in a way that swaps the cartridge
out from under itself mid-instruction — so there's a small routine that
copies into RAM at boot and runs from there, written entirely in relative
jumps because an absolute one would land in a cartridge that isn't there any
more.
Oh, and the display is blue, not green. The original was a vacuum fluorescent
tube, not an LED. Someone was going to notice.
Speech module required. Still in testing — more soon.
I've been building a tribute to the 1978 Texas Instruments Speak & Spell —
the orange-and-red talking toy that taught a generation to spell, and taught
a lot of us what a computer sounds like.
All five original activities are in: Spell It, Say It, Mystery Word, Secret
Code and Letter. All forty keys of the panel. 155 words across four
difficulty levels, sourced from published research into the original word
lists rather than made up.
The speech is the real thing. Not samples — live synthesis on an SP0256
through the Lundy speech card, built from 64 speech sounds the way that
hardware was designed to work. Which means it can attempt words that were
never programmed into it. Type anything on the idle screen, press ENTER, and
it'll have a go.
On an ADAM you type on the actual keyboard. On a ColecoVision you drive a
cursor round the key grid with the joystick and press fire. The cartridge
works out which machine it's running on and adjusts.
That keyboard support took thirty revisions. Reading the ADAM's keyboard from
a cartridge means switching the memory map in a way that swaps the cartridge
out from under itself mid-instruction — so there's a small routine that
copies into RAM at boot and runs from there, written entirely in relative
jumps because an absolute one would land in a cartridge that isn't there any
more.
Oh, and the display is blue, not green. The original was a vacuum fluorescent
tube, not an LED. Someone was going to notice.
Speech module required. Still in testing — more soon.
CollectorVision Announcement
(9/05/2026)
In Memoriam: Harvey deKleine (1965–2026)
(8/26/2026)
It is with great sadness that the ColecoVision and ADAM community says goodbye to one of our own.
Harvey Richard deKleine
February 6, 1965 – August 12, 2026
Known throughout the ColecoVision community as 5-11under, Harvey passed peacefully on August 12, 2026 at the age of 61, with his wife Elaine beside him and the sound of his guitar being played. He had been battling colon cancer for several months. He is survived by Elaine and their three children — Alaynah (Tom), Derek (Sennet), and Isaiah (Hannah).
Harvey was a builder, in every sense of the word.
For twenty years — from his first ColecoVision credit in 2006 — Harvey contributed to this community as both programmer and hardware designer. Many will remember his games: Jetpack (JETP4K) in 2006, a side-scroller where players dodged rocks while gathering diamonds; Squares!!; and the ambitious Wrong Way demo. But it's Harvey's hardware work that touches the most homes in this community — often invisibly.
Harvey designed many of the PCBs used in modern ColecoVision cartridges. He produced the analog AV-Out PCB for both the ADAM and ColecoVision — the board that gave our vintage systems clean video, dual mono audio, and separate Y-Pb-Pr color adjustment on modern displays. He built the electronics inside the CollectorVision Arcade Quality Controller. He was the solderer-of-choice for both Team Pixelboy and CollectorVision, which means if you own a modern ColecoVision homebrew cartridge from the last decade or so, there is a very real chance Harvey's hands assembled it.
His most ambitious project — CV 1.2, a full ColecoVision clone — was on hold. But the vision spoke to the engineer he was: someone who saw what was possible for our platform and quietly went to work making it happen.
Harvey was more than his contributions to our community. He was a musician, a husband, a father, and part of a beautiful community in Niagara that meant a great deal to him.
The family has shared the following service information:
Visitation — Saturday, August 15, 4:00–7:00 PM
Jubilee Fellowship Church, 13 Wilholme Drive, St. Catharines, ON L2W 1B9
Celebration of Life — "Tapestry of Light: An Evening of Music & Shared Memories"
Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM (doors open 5:30 PM)
Jubilee Fellowship Church, 13 Wilholme Drive, St. Catharines, ON
Donations in his honor: McNally House Hospice
Arrangements are in the care of Hulse & English Funeral Home & Chapel, St. Catharines.
Harvey wrote a song called Morning. One of its lines:
"It's a brand new day and I feel okay 'cause I'm filled with hope."
That hope is what Harvey helped build into this community for twenty years. It's what he leaves us with.
Rest well, Harvey. Thank you.
Harvey Richard deKleine
February 6, 1965 – August 12, 2026
Known throughout the ColecoVision community as 5-11under, Harvey passed peacefully on August 12, 2026 at the age of 61, with his wife Elaine beside him and the sound of his guitar being played. He had been battling colon cancer for several months. He is survived by Elaine and their three children — Alaynah (Tom), Derek (Sennet), and Isaiah (Hannah).
Harvey was a builder, in every sense of the word.
For twenty years — from his first ColecoVision credit in 2006 — Harvey contributed to this community as both programmer and hardware designer. Many will remember his games: Jetpack (JETP4K) in 2006, a side-scroller where players dodged rocks while gathering diamonds; Squares!!; and the ambitious Wrong Way demo. But it's Harvey's hardware work that touches the most homes in this community — often invisibly.
Harvey designed many of the PCBs used in modern ColecoVision cartridges. He produced the analog AV-Out PCB for both the ADAM and ColecoVision — the board that gave our vintage systems clean video, dual mono audio, and separate Y-Pb-Pr color adjustment on modern displays. He built the electronics inside the CollectorVision Arcade Quality Controller. He was the solderer-of-choice for both Team Pixelboy and CollectorVision, which means if you own a modern ColecoVision homebrew cartridge from the last decade or so, there is a very real chance Harvey's hands assembled it.
His most ambitious project — CV 1.2, a full ColecoVision clone — was on hold. But the vision spoke to the engineer he was: someone who saw what was possible for our platform and quietly went to work making it happen.
Harvey was more than his contributions to our community. He was a musician, a husband, a father, and part of a beautiful community in Niagara that meant a great deal to him.
The family has shared the following service information:
Visitation — Saturday, August 15, 4:00–7:00 PM
Jubilee Fellowship Church, 13 Wilholme Drive, St. Catharines, ON L2W 1B9
Celebration of Life — "Tapestry of Light: An Evening of Music & Shared Memories"
Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM (doors open 5:30 PM)
Jubilee Fellowship Church, 13 Wilholme Drive, St. Catharines, ON
Donations in his honor: McNally House Hospice
Arrangements are in the care of Hulse & English Funeral Home & Chapel, St. Catharines.
Harvey wrote a song called Morning. One of its lines:
"It's a brand new day and I feel okay 'cause I'm filled with hope."
That hope is what Harvey helped build into this community for twenty years. It's what he leaves us with.
Rest well, Harvey. Thank you.
Game Stuff™ Video Game Extension Cord by Questar Controls, Inc.
(8/18/2026)
📬 MAIL CALL 📬
Fresh into the museum — and this one's a matched pair.
Meet the Game Stuff™ Video Game Extension Cord by Questar Controls, Inc. — a period third-party accessory from the early-1980s home video-game boom. And what makes this pair museum-worthy: ColecoVision compatibility is printed right on the original packaging. Not a generic cable that happened to work — a documented, purpose-marketed ColecoVision accessory.
Both lengths, side by side:
✓ EXT-6 — 6-foot extension (originally $3.95)
✓ EXT-12 — 12-foot extension (originally $4.95)
The pitch back then was simple and universal: sit farther from the TV. The nine-pin plug worked across the era's biggest systems — ColecoVision, Atari VCS / 400 / 800, VIC-20, Bally Astrocade, and Sears Tele-Games — and Questar covered all of them on the package.
A little on the company: Questar Controls was based in Chehalis, Washington, and rode the early-'80s accessory wave with a small but ambitious lineup — the Game Stuff extension cords, arcade-style joystick control consoles, and The Blaster, an adjustable rapid-fire adapter that sat between joystick and console. Questar brought new gear to the 1983 Winter CES, right in the thick of the third-party accessory gold rush.
Most of that gear is gone now. This packaging survived. Both lengths, together, going straight into the museum third-party accessories display.
Every acquisition like this gets logged in the museum's Collection Manager 👇
colecovisionadam.com/collection
What's the most obscure third-party ColecoVision accessory in your collection? Drop it in the comments — I want to hear the deep cuts. 👇
#ColecoVision #Questar #GameStuff #ColecoVisionAccessories #ThirdPartyAccessories #RetroGaming #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #GamingHistory
Fresh into the museum — and this one's a matched pair.
Meet the Game Stuff™ Video Game Extension Cord by Questar Controls, Inc. — a period third-party accessory from the early-1980s home video-game boom. And what makes this pair museum-worthy: ColecoVision compatibility is printed right on the original packaging. Not a generic cable that happened to work — a documented, purpose-marketed ColecoVision accessory.
Both lengths, side by side:
✓ EXT-6 — 6-foot extension (originally $3.95)
✓ EXT-12 — 12-foot extension (originally $4.95)
The pitch back then was simple and universal: sit farther from the TV. The nine-pin plug worked across the era's biggest systems — ColecoVision, Atari VCS / 400 / 800, VIC-20, Bally Astrocade, and Sears Tele-Games — and Questar covered all of them on the package.
A little on the company: Questar Controls was based in Chehalis, Washington, and rode the early-'80s accessory wave with a small but ambitious lineup — the Game Stuff extension cords, arcade-style joystick control consoles, and The Blaster, an adjustable rapid-fire adapter that sat between joystick and console. Questar brought new gear to the 1983 Winter CES, right in the thick of the third-party accessory gold rush.
Most of that gear is gone now. This packaging survived. Both lengths, together, going straight into the museum third-party accessories display.
Every acquisition like this gets logged in the museum's Collection Manager 👇
colecovisionadam.com/collection
What's the most obscure third-party ColecoVision accessory in your collection? Drop it in the comments — I want to hear the deep cuts. 👇
#ColecoVision #Questar #GameStuff #ColecoVisionAccessories #ThirdPartyAccessories #RetroGaming #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #GamingHistory
Something New Is Coming Soon!!!!
(8/08/2026)
A new dedicated tool for tracking your ADAM hardware, memorabilia, and software collection is on the way — built to sit alongside the ColecoVision Collection Manager.
Help Build It
The ADAM Collection Manager is only as good as the data behind it, and no single collection covers everything the ADAM ever had. If you've got shelves of ADAM software, boxes, manuals, or hardware, you can take on one publisher or company at a time — Coleco, Walters Software, Strategic Software, Practical Programs, and dozens more — and help complete that maker's entries.
Titles, variants, catalog numbers, release details, and clear photos of the box, media, and documentation. One company, one shelf at a time, at whatever pace works for you.
Get Involved
Help Build It
The ADAM Collection Manager is only as good as the data behind it, and no single collection covers everything the ADAM ever had. If you've got shelves of ADAM software, boxes, manuals, or hardware, you can take on one publisher or company at a time — Coleco, Walters Software, Strategic Software, Practical Programs, and dozens more — and help complete that maker's entries.
Titles, variants, catalog numbers, release details, and clear photos of the box, media, and documentation. One company, one shelf at a time, at whatever pace works for you.
Get Involved
ADD-A-HALT REDUX Possible???
(8/03/2026)
I just made a quick one-off reproduction of the super rare ADD-A-HALT for fun.
Only needed to do a quick modification of my speech synthesizer case CAD design file to print, modified speech synthesizer PCB (cut an area out for room for the SPDT switch), and a quick metalized label with clear spray protection. Looks great and works like a champ!
For those quick to say they hope I make and sell them, It’s kind of a useless device because it hogs the I/O port where people would rather have their SGM installed. That, and the audio staying latched on when halted is very annoying! My fear is it would also take away from my superior Lundy Electronics Ultimate Pause Kit sales that actually have the ability to mute the audio while the console is paused.
Only needed to do a quick modification of my speech synthesizer case CAD design file to print, modified speech synthesizer PCB (cut an area out for room for the SPDT switch), and a quick metalized label with clear spray protection. Looks great and works like a champ!
For those quick to say they hope I make and sell them, It’s kind of a useless device because it hogs the I/O port where people would rather have their SGM installed. That, and the audio staying latched on when halted is very annoying! My fear is it would also take away from my superior Lundy Electronics Ultimate Pause Kit sales that actually have the ability to mute the audio while the console is paused.
STRUCTRIS, a brand-new ColecoVision homebrew
(8/03/2026)
📬 MAIL CALL 📬
The ColecoVision homebrew scene is alive in 2026 — and here's fresh proof.
Just landed at the museum: STRUCTRIS, a brand-new ColecoVision homebrew from H. Uman, T. Duarte, and M. Haye — published through Tim Duarte's 2600 Connection.
STRUCTRIS is a block-stacking puzzle game ported to the ColecoVision from Martin Haye's original Apple II design. Pull the cart, plug it in, and the museum TV lights up with LEVEL 01, CLEAR 00/07, pieces falling in a narrow well. Clean, sharp, brand-new gameplay — running on 43-year-old console hardware. That never gets old.
Massive respect to H. Uman, Tim Duarte, and Martin Haye for keeping the scene alive. Going straight into the museum display and logged into the Collection Manager as CIB/new.
If you're a CV homebrew builder or publisher with a release coming up — get in touch. The museum wants everything preserved.
Where to get one: 2600 Connection 👇
https://timduarte.blogspot.com/
What's the newest homebrew on your shelf? Drop it below — I want to see it. 👇
#ColecoVision #Homebrew #ColecoVisionHomebrew #Structris #2600Connection #LundyElectronics #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #RetroGaming
The ColecoVision homebrew scene is alive in 2026 — and here's fresh proof.
Just landed at the museum: STRUCTRIS, a brand-new ColecoVision homebrew from H. Uman, T. Duarte, and M. Haye — published through Tim Duarte's 2600 Connection.
STRUCTRIS is a block-stacking puzzle game ported to the ColecoVision from Martin Haye's original Apple II design. Pull the cart, plug it in, and the museum TV lights up with LEVEL 01, CLEAR 00/07, pieces falling in a narrow well. Clean, sharp, brand-new gameplay — running on 43-year-old console hardware. That never gets old.
Massive respect to H. Uman, Tim Duarte, and Martin Haye for keeping the scene alive. Going straight into the museum display and logged into the Collection Manager as CIB/new.
If you're a CV homebrew builder or publisher with a release coming up — get in touch. The museum wants everything preserved.
Where to get one: 2600 Connection 👇
https://timduarte.blogspot.com/
What's the newest homebrew on your shelf? Drop it below — I want to see it. 👇
#ColecoVision #Homebrew #ColecoVisionHomebrew #Structris #2600Connection #LundyElectronics #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #RetroGaming
Sealed Best of Brouderbund!!
(8/03/2026)
📬 MAIL CALL 📬
The ColecoVision homebrew scene is alive in 2026 — and here's fresh proof.
Just landed at the museum: STRUCTRIS, a brand-new ColecoVision homebrew from H. Uman, T. Duarte, and M. Haye — published through Tim Duarte's 2600 Connection.
STRUCTRIS is a block-stacking puzzle game ported to the ColecoVision from Martin Haye's original Apple II design. Pull the cart, plug it in, and the museum TV lights up with LEVEL 01, CLEAR 00/07, pieces falling in a narrow well. Clean, sharp, brand-new gameplay — running on 43-year-old console hardware. That never gets old.
Massive respect to H. Uman, Tim Duarte, and Martin Haye for keeping the scene alive. Going straight into the museum display and logged into the Collection Manager as CIB/new.
If you're a CV homebrew builder or publisher with a release coming up — get in touch. The museum wants everything preserved.
Where to get one: 2600 Connection 👇
https://timduarte.blogspot.com/
What's the newest homebrew on your shelf? Drop it below — I want to see it. 👇
#ColecoVision #Homebrew #ColecoVisionHomebrew #Structris #2600Connection #LundyElectronics #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #RetroGaming
The ColecoVision homebrew scene is alive in 2026 — and here's fresh proof.
Just landed at the museum: STRUCTRIS, a brand-new ColecoVision homebrew from H. Uman, T. Duarte, and M. Haye — published through Tim Duarte's 2600 Connection.
STRUCTRIS is a block-stacking puzzle game ported to the ColecoVision from Martin Haye's original Apple II design. Pull the cart, plug it in, and the museum TV lights up with LEVEL 01, CLEAR 00/07, pieces falling in a narrow well. Clean, sharp, brand-new gameplay — running on 43-year-old console hardware. That never gets old.
Massive respect to H. Uman, Tim Duarte, and Martin Haye for keeping the scene alive. Going straight into the museum display and logged into the Collection Manager as CIB/new.
If you're a CV homebrew builder or publisher with a release coming up — get in touch. The museum wants everything preserved.
Where to get one: 2600 Connection 👇
https://timduarte.blogspot.com/
What's the newest homebrew on your shelf? Drop it below — I want to see it. 👇
#ColecoVision #Homebrew #ColecoVisionHomebrew #Structris #2600Connection #LundyElectronics #ColecoVisionADAMMuseum #RetroGaming
STRUCTRIS for the COLECOVISION now available for purchase!
(7/25/2026)
It’s just another normal day on the job in outer space...
Wait a sec...Instead of dodging asteroids, these look like TETRIS pieces.
Could I be daydreaming?
Oh, wow, I’m not going to take the chance. I’m avoiding them.
Look below! I don’t believe it!
They are stacking up!
And I can clear them once a row is made!
Navigate your way,
slide, duck, and climb through the gaps in space...
Can you make your way through all 10 levels?
It won’t be easy. It will take skill...
It will require agility and quick reflexes
What could possibly go wrong? Do you want to know?
You could be buried alive... if you make a mistake!
STRUCTRIS for the Colecovision includes:
a durable black plastic storage box with a color-printed insert
a color-printed game manual
a brand new 3-D printed game cartridge with label
Wait a sec...Instead of dodging asteroids, these look like TETRIS pieces.
Could I be daydreaming?
Oh, wow, I’m not going to take the chance. I’m avoiding them.
Look below! I don’t believe it!
They are stacking up!
And I can clear them once a row is made!
Navigate your way,
slide, duck, and climb through the gaps in space...
Can you make your way through all 10 levels?
It won’t be easy. It will take skill...
It will require agility and quick reflexes
What could possibly go wrong? Do you want to know?
You could be buried alive... if you make a mistake!
STRUCTRIS for the Colecovision includes:
a durable black plastic storage box with a color-printed insert
a color-printed game manual
a brand new 3-D printed game cartridge with label
It's 1984. You just bought your first CD. Now what?
(7/19/2026)
Compact discs were brand new, vinyl was king, and your cassette collection was taking over the shelf. Keeping track of it all meant a notebook, a shoebox, or a very good memory.
Or you could let your ADAM do it.
Music Manager could have been Coleco's answer to the music lover's cataloging problem. Load it up, punch in your albums — vinyl, cassette, CD, it didn't matter — and suddenly your entire collection was searchable, sortable, and printable. Build playlists. Track liner notes. Find that one Prince album you know you own but can't locate.
Abbey Road. Are You Experienced. Back in Black. If it was on your shelf, it belonged in your ADAM.
This was database software disguised as something fun — and in 1984, most people didn't even know what a database was yet. We'll just call it Music Manager and let you organize your records.
The CD era was just starting. Your ADAM was ready for it.
🔗 ColecoVisionADAM.com • AdamArchive.org
#ColecoADAM #MusicManager #RetroComputing #1984 #Coleco #VintageComputer #VinylCollection #CompactDisc #CD #RecordCollection #80s #HomeComputer #Database #Preservation #RetroSoftware
Or you could let your ADAM do it.
Music Manager could have been Coleco's answer to the music lover's cataloging problem. Load it up, punch in your albums — vinyl, cassette, CD, it didn't matter — and suddenly your entire collection was searchable, sortable, and printable. Build playlists. Track liner notes. Find that one Prince album you know you own but can't locate.
Abbey Road. Are You Experienced. Back in Black. If it was on your shelf, it belonged in your ADAM.
This was database software disguised as something fun — and in 1984, most people didn't even know what a database was yet. We'll just call it Music Manager and let you organize your records.
The CD era was just starting. Your ADAM was ready for it.
🔗 ColecoVisionADAM.com • AdamArchive.org
#ColecoADAM #MusicManager #RetroComputing #1984 #Coleco #VintageComputer #VinylCollection #CompactDisc #CD #RecordCollection #80s #HomeComputer #Database #Preservation #RetroSoftware
MAIL CALL: The Dynasound Organizer – Video Game • Computer Center
(7/17/2026)
Did you use protection?
Your ColecoVision needed it.
Most collectors focus on the consoles and games — but some of the most interesting pieces from the early 1980s were the accessories designed to organize and protect them. I recently added these two ColecoVision-related accessories to the collection:
📦 The Dynasound Organizer – Video Game • Computer Center
This wasn't made just for the ColecoVision. It was a universal storage center produced around 1983–1984 for many of the biggest systems of the era, including Atari, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Commodore, Texas Instruments, and Timex Sinclair. Built from heavy molded plastic with a hinged dust lid, it kept your console, controllers, power supply, and cartridges neatly organized. The same basic design was later adapted for other consoles, making it an interesting snapshot of how the industry treated gaming hardware — not as toys, but as home electronics worth taking care of.
📦 ColecoVision Protective Cover
Something many collectors have never seen in person — a ColecoVision Protective Cover still in its original retail packaging. Made from brown vinyl with a soft backing and the classic ColecoVision logo, it was designed to keep dust off your console while it sat connected to the TV. Although it carries ColecoVision branding, accessories like this were often produced by licensed third-party manufacturers rather than Coleco themselves. Finding one loose isn't impossible. Finding one still sealed in the original package has become a different story.
These accessories remind us that in the early 1980s, companies sold much more than games. Organizers, dust covers, cartridge racks, controller holders — even furniture — all designed to make your setup look clean and sophisticated.
So here's my question for fellow collectors:
👉 Did you own either of these back in the day?
👉 What's the rarest non-game ColecoVision accessory in your collection?
I'd love to see photos in the comments. Sometimes the accessories tell just as much of the story as the games themselves.
Your ColecoVision needed it.
Most collectors focus on the consoles and games — but some of the most interesting pieces from the early 1980s were the accessories designed to organize and protect them. I recently added these two ColecoVision-related accessories to the collection:
📦 The Dynasound Organizer – Video Game • Computer Center
This wasn't made just for the ColecoVision. It was a universal storage center produced around 1983–1984 for many of the biggest systems of the era, including Atari, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Commodore, Texas Instruments, and Timex Sinclair. Built from heavy molded plastic with a hinged dust lid, it kept your console, controllers, power supply, and cartridges neatly organized. The same basic design was later adapted for other consoles, making it an interesting snapshot of how the industry treated gaming hardware — not as toys, but as home electronics worth taking care of.
📦 ColecoVision Protective Cover
Something many collectors have never seen in person — a ColecoVision Protective Cover still in its original retail packaging. Made from brown vinyl with a soft backing and the classic ColecoVision logo, it was designed to keep dust off your console while it sat connected to the TV. Although it carries ColecoVision branding, accessories like this were often produced by licensed third-party manufacturers rather than Coleco themselves. Finding one loose isn't impossible. Finding one still sealed in the original package has become a different story.
These accessories remind us that in the early 1980s, companies sold much more than games. Organizers, dust covers, cartridge racks, controller holders — even furniture — all designed to make your setup look clean and sophisticated.
So here's my question for fellow collectors:
👉 Did you own either of these back in the day?
👉 What's the rarest non-game ColecoVision accessory in your collection?
I'd love to see photos in the comments. Sometimes the accessories tell just as much of the story as the games themselves.
🍷 WINE CELLAR — a new program for the Coleco ADAM
(7/17/2026)
Back in 1984, if you lived in France and owned an ADAM, you could buy a program to catalog your wine collection. It came on cassette. It was written in BASIC. It only spoke French. And you drove it by typing numbers at a menu and waiting.
Great idea. Rough ride.
So I decided to build the version Coleco would have made. SmartKeys. Disk. The works.
Here's the trick: I didn't start from scratch. I started from Coleco's own Recipe Filer.
Because here's the thing about the Recipe Filer — it isn't really about recipes. Strip the labels off and it's a filing cabinet. It stores records, links them, searches them, sorts them, prints them. Coleco just happened to fill it with lasagna.
So I taught it about wine instead.
RECIPE NAME became WINE NAME. TIME became VINTAGE. MAIN INGREDIENT became GRAPE. INGREDIENTS became TASTING NOTES. The recipe box sitting on the menu screen is now a box of wine notes. Same engine. Different appetite.
My favorite moment in the whole project: I renamed one section from DIRECTIONS to SERVING, and the shopping list quietly broke. Turns out something buried in the code was watching for the letters D-I-R-E to know where a record stopped. Change the word, and it just… kept going. Forever. Looking for directions it was never going to find.
Three bytes fixed it. Three, because DIRE and SERV share the R. Sometimes 1984 is kind to you.
And then the best part.
Buried in the program header, in bytes no user was ever meant to see, the original team signed their work:
JAMES I. MARTINEZ — Programmer DAN T. THOMPSON — Project Leader BOB ZAWISLAK — Programmer (Print / Delete) ERIC BILLINGS — Programmer (Lists / Search) LEO F. GRAY — Programmer (Graphics)
Five people in a room in 1984, tucking their names into a corner of a recipe program, almost certainly assuming nobody would ever look.
Forty-two years later, gentlemen — I looked. And your recipe filer is pouring wine. 🍷
Great idea. Rough ride.
So I decided to build the version Coleco would have made. SmartKeys. Disk. The works.
Here's the trick: I didn't start from scratch. I started from Coleco's own Recipe Filer.
Because here's the thing about the Recipe Filer — it isn't really about recipes. Strip the labels off and it's a filing cabinet. It stores records, links them, searches them, sorts them, prints them. Coleco just happened to fill it with lasagna.
So I taught it about wine instead.
RECIPE NAME became WINE NAME. TIME became VINTAGE. MAIN INGREDIENT became GRAPE. INGREDIENTS became TASTING NOTES. The recipe box sitting on the menu screen is now a box of wine notes. Same engine. Different appetite.
My favorite moment in the whole project: I renamed one section from DIRECTIONS to SERVING, and the shopping list quietly broke. Turns out something buried in the code was watching for the letters D-I-R-E to know where a record stopped. Change the word, and it just… kept going. Forever. Looking for directions it was never going to find.
Three bytes fixed it. Three, because DIRE and SERV share the R. Sometimes 1984 is kind to you.
And then the best part.
Buried in the program header, in bytes no user was ever meant to see, the original team signed their work:
JAMES I. MARTINEZ — Programmer DAN T. THOMPSON — Project Leader BOB ZAWISLAK — Programmer (Print / Delete) ERIC BILLINGS — Programmer (Lists / Search) LEO F. GRAY — Programmer (Graphics)
Five people in a room in 1984, tucking their names into a corner of a recipe program, almost certainly assuming nobody would ever look.
Forty-two years later, gentlemen — I looked. And your recipe filer is pouring wine. 🍷
ColecoVision and ADAM Museum Debuts Official Facebook Page
(7/16/2026)
The ColecoVision and ADAM Museum now has an official presence on Facebook. The new Page serves as the museum's home for announcements, new acquisitions, restoration projects, and behind-the-scenes looks at the collection.
The Page joins the existing ColecoVisionADAM.com Facebook Group, which continues as the primary community hub for discussion among ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM enthusiasts.
Two Places to Follow
ColecoVision and ADAM Museum — Facebook Page. Museum news, acquisitions, restoration work, and exhibit updates.
ColecoVisionADAM.com — Facebook Group. Community discussion, questions, and show-and-tell. 255+ members and growing.
Both are open to anyone with an interest in the ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM platforms — collectors, developers, historians, and the merely curious are all welcome.
If you previously followed the museum on Facebook through a personal profile, please take a moment to follow the new Museum Page — that's where museum content will live going forward.
We look forward to seeing you there.
The Page joins the existing ColecoVisionADAM.com Facebook Group, which continues as the primary community hub for discussion among ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM enthusiasts.
Two Places to Follow
ColecoVision and ADAM Museum — Facebook Page. Museum news, acquisitions, restoration work, and exhibit updates.
ColecoVisionADAM.com — Facebook Group. Community discussion, questions, and show-and-tell. 255+ members and growing.
Both are open to anyone with an interest in the ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM platforms — collectors, developers, historians, and the merely curious are all welcome.
If you previously followed the museum on Facebook through a personal profile, please take a moment to follow the new Museum Page — that's where museum content will live going forward.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Lundy Electronics Internal ADE Mini Keyboard — Second Prototype
(7/10/2026)
John Lundy of Lundy Electronics has produced a second prototype of an ingenious modification: a factory Coleco ADAM keyboard with a complete ADE Mini (ADEM) drive emulator mounted internally. The result is a stock-appearing ADAM keyboard that quietly delivers full ADE Mini functionality — no external module, no extra ADAMnet cable run, and no additional footprint on the desk.
What's Integrated
The prototype exposes a minimal set of controls along the rear edge of the keyboard:
ADE KB toggle switch (ON / OFF) — enables or disables the internal ADE circuit, allowing the keyboard to operate as a stock unit when desired
Two flush-mount buttons — the ADEM drive select and swap functions, neatly seated between the case screws
ADE SD Card slot — cleanly labeled and cut into the rear apron for direct access without opening the case
On the top surface, adjacent to the ADAM logo strip, the keyboard is legended ADE KB RESET / SWAP, mapping the standard ADEM reset and swap functions to the top plane for convenience.
Perhaps the most elegant detail: the ADEmini activity indicator has been merged into the keyboard's existing POWER ON LED. The single lens now serves double duty — steady for power, flashing to signal ADE activity — with no added indicator hole in the case.
Retained ADEmini Feature Set
Because the internal module is a full ADE Mini, the prototype inherits the complete standard feature set:
* Powered directly from ADAMnet
* Emulates up to four disk drives simultaneously, individually configurable for coexistence with physical drives
* Compatible with .dsk, .ddp, and .rom / .col images (32K or smaller)
* Up to 300 images/directories per directory on the SD card
* Full ADE Commander support with SD command codes, including auto-boot from boot.dsk
* Multi-disk swap sets (.dsk / .ds2 / .ds3 / .ds4) selectable via the swap button
Observations
From a preservation and daily-use standpoint, this second prototype is a clear improvement over any external ADEM configuration. The keyboard remains visually stock from the front, the desk stays clear, and the operator gains an SD-based drive emulator without the ADAMnet splitter arrangement that a physical Drive 2 setup would otherwise require. The consolidated activity/power LED is a particularly well-considered detail — the kind of decision that separates a proof-of-concept from a polished prototype.
For ADAM users already running an ADE variant elsewhere in their setup, this build makes a strong case as a permanent daily-driver keyboard.
What's Integrated
The prototype exposes a minimal set of controls along the rear edge of the keyboard:
ADE KB toggle switch (ON / OFF) — enables or disables the internal ADE circuit, allowing the keyboard to operate as a stock unit when desired
Two flush-mount buttons — the ADEM drive select and swap functions, neatly seated between the case screws
ADE SD Card slot — cleanly labeled and cut into the rear apron for direct access without opening the case
On the top surface, adjacent to the ADAM logo strip, the keyboard is legended ADE KB RESET / SWAP, mapping the standard ADEM reset and swap functions to the top plane for convenience.
Perhaps the most elegant detail: the ADEmini activity indicator has been merged into the keyboard's existing POWER ON LED. The single lens now serves double duty — steady for power, flashing to signal ADE activity — with no added indicator hole in the case.
Retained ADEmini Feature Set
Because the internal module is a full ADE Mini, the prototype inherits the complete standard feature set:
* Powered directly from ADAMnet
* Emulates up to four disk drives simultaneously, individually configurable for coexistence with physical drives
* Compatible with .dsk, .ddp, and .rom / .col images (32K or smaller)
* Up to 300 images/directories per directory on the SD card
* Full ADE Commander support with SD command codes, including auto-boot from boot.dsk
* Multi-disk swap sets (.dsk / .ds2 / .ds3 / .ds4) selectable via the swap button
Observations
From a preservation and daily-use standpoint, this second prototype is a clear improvement over any external ADEM configuration. The keyboard remains visually stock from the front, the desk stays clear, and the operator gains an SD-based drive emulator without the ADAMnet splitter arrangement that a physical Drive 2 setup would otherwise require. The consolidated activity/power LED is a particularly well-considered detail — the kind of decision that separates a proof-of-concept from a polished prototype.
For ADAM users already running an ADE variant elsewhere in their setup, this build makes a strong case as a permanent daily-driver keyboard.
Face to Face Baseball (BETA)
(7/09/2026)
An enhanced ColecoVision recreation of the Coleco Head-to-Head Electronic Baseball handheld from 1980. Step up to the plate in the classic battle of batter versus pitcher — now on the big screen, with two controllers and no cramped console keys between you and your opponent.
The original H2H Baseball pitted two players against each other across a shared handheld, calling pitches, swinging at the light, and managing the bases with bunts, steals, and the power swing. Face to Face Baseball brings the complete experience to the ColecoVision with full-color bitmap graphics, a living stadium scoreboard, and every rule from the original instruction manual faithfully preserved — pitchouts, tag-ups, hit-and-run, sacrifice bunts, extra innings, and walk-off wins included.
Choose your pitch: fast ball, curve, slider — or hold back and let the slow one fool them. At the plate, work the count, hit for power, or put the steal on and gamble against the pitchout. Every run parades around the bases to the roar of the crowd, home runs light up the stadium jumbotron, and the seventh inning stretch brings the full "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" — lyrics and all — on the big board.
One or two players. Nine innings. No batteries required.
The original H2H Baseball pitted two players against each other across a shared handheld, calling pitches, swinging at the light, and managing the bases with bunts, steals, and the power swing. Face to Face Baseball brings the complete experience to the ColecoVision with full-color bitmap graphics, a living stadium scoreboard, and every rule from the original instruction manual faithfully preserved — pitchouts, tag-ups, hit-and-run, sacrifice bunts, extra innings, and walk-off wins included.
Choose your pitch: fast ball, curve, slider — or hold back and let the slow one fool them. At the plate, work the count, hit for power, or put the steal on and gamble against the pitchout. Every run parades around the bases to the roar of the crowd, home runs light up the stadium jumbotron, and the seventh inning stretch brings the full "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" — lyrics and all — on the big board.
One or two players. Nine innings. No batteries required.
New Homebrew Release: Star Eater (Colecovison) From Olioni Games
(7/06/2026)
The fish needs to jump to devour the stars in the sky while avoiding the helicopter and the bombs that are thrown at you. Devour the stars to advance to the next level.
Star Eater is now available for the ColecoVision, so don't miss this ROM release; a physical version is also on the way.
Star Eater is now available for the ColecoVision, so don't miss this ROM release; a physical version is also on the way.
The first version of the #ColecoAdam #FujiNet Programmer's Manual is released
(7/04/2026)
Download: https://github.com/.../fujinet-programmers-guide-adam.pdf
SmartBASIC 1.x R21 released with FujiNet commands!
(7/02/2026)
For #ColecoAdam #FujiNet users: SmartBASIC 1.x R21 released with FujiNet commands!
https://github.com/.../releases/tag/smartbasic-1.x-R21-v1.0
Software in DDP, Documentation in PDF. Enjoy!
https://github.com/.../releases/tag/smartbasic-1.x-R21-v1.0
Software in DDP, Documentation in PDF. Enjoy!
R.A.P.T.O.R. - Remote Armored Penetration Tactical Operations Robot
(7/02/2026)
RAPTOR — Remote Armored Penetration Tactical Operations Robot — is an original first-person tank-combat game for ColecoVision, in the spirit of Robotank and Battlezone. You command an armored robot on an open field, viewing the battlefield through a fixed gunsight as the horizon scrolls and rotates around you. A hostile enemy tank roams the full 360° arena with autonomous AI — it seeks you out, turns to face and fire when it has the shot, and flees when it's hurt, escalating with adjustable aggression. Drive forward and back to close range or retreat, swing your view to track targets across the horizon, and fire before it does. Radar stations and mobile rocket launchers appear at the far horizon as bonus targets you must advance on to destroy. Damage shows on the enemy hull, hits trigger multi-stage explosions with layered sound, and the rumble of your drive tracks fills the field. One-player, joystick-controlled, with an intro screen and get-ready sequence.
Lightsaber Arena (Working Title)
(6/29/2026)
Back in 2023, I thought it would be fun to recreate some classic games. Aside from designing a bit of box art and a few screen mock-ups, I never actually did any programming, and the concept was really just a straightforward copy of the Atari 2600 version.
Now it's 2026, and it's time to take on something much more challenging. 🙂
Now it's 2026, and it's time to take on something much more challenging. 🙂
FACEBOOK MODERATION
(6/28/2026)
Pending admin approval - many of my posts on the Coleco ADAM & The Colecovision & ADAM Fanatics Facebook groups are back to being moderated.
So you may not see much content from me there 🙁 or other Facebook groups.
We will keep to our Facebook page which we can moderate.
So you may not see much content from me there 🙁 or other Facebook groups.
We will keep to our Facebook page which we can moderate.
Coleco ADAM Printer PSU Tester Arrives
(6/28/2026)
New addition to the Museum: a Coleco-made ADAM Power Supply Load Tester (P/N AP-83-C-076 REV 0, dated 1983). Plain DB-9 male, four Dale RS-10 wirewounds, two small bias resistors — that's the whole bench tool. Tech would unplug the printer power cable from the back of the ADAM, plug it onto this board, and read all four rails (+5V, −5V, +12V Inductive, +12V Logic) under load in under a minute. Acquired from a former Coleco Test Lab employee. Likely one of very few survivors. Full analysis at forum.colecovisionadam.com soon.
EURO H.E.R.O.
(6/25/2026)
I didn't know there was different Activision packaging for the game H.E.R.O. I was luck to find this gem :)
The Illusive Canadian Illusions!!
(6/25/2026)
I was finally able to acquire a copy of this illusive Candaian edition!!!!
CrackPots for the ColecoVision!!!
(6/24/2026)
CrackPots is a ColecoVision homebrew adaptation of the classic 1983 Activision title originally designed by Dan Kitchen for the Atari 2600.
You play as Potsy, a Brooklyn gardener whose building is under siege. Bugs are swarming out of the sewers and climbing toward your windows — and your only weapon is a rooftop full of flower pots. Move left and right, drop your pots at the right moment, and crush the invaders before they break through.
But if too many bugs get inside, the building crumbles — one floor at a time — until there's nothing left.
You play as Potsy, a Brooklyn gardener whose building is under siege. Bugs are swarming out of the sewers and climbing toward your windows — and your only weapon is a rooftop full of flower pots. Move left and right, drop your pots at the right moment, and crush the invaders before they break through.
But if too many bugs get inside, the building crumbles — one floor at a time — until there's nothing left.
OPCODE announces Dracula's Castle for 2027
(6/20/2026)
Dracula has returned!
In an ancient castle in Transylvania, a small kingdom in medieval Europe, lightning tears through the darkness as monsters rise once again. A sinister black mass, performed by a cult of heretics, marks the beginning of a new age of terror.
Simon, a young warrior who carries the bloodline of the legendary hero Christopher Belmont, stands ready to face the threat. To protect the peaceful kingdom now endangered by Dracula’s resurrection, he takes up the whip passed down from his father, a weapon said to hold mysterious power, and sets out alone for the demon castle.
In an ancient castle in Transylvania, a small kingdom in medieval Europe, lightning tears through the darkness as monsters rise once again. A sinister black mass, performed by a cult of heretics, marks the beginning of a new age of terror.
Simon, a young warrior who carries the bloodline of the legendary hero Christopher Belmont, stands ready to face the threat. To protect the peaceful kingdom now endangered by Dracula’s resurrection, he takes up the whip passed down from his father, a weapon said to hold mysterious power, and sets out alone for the demon castle.
Coleco RS-232/Centronics Prototype Interface — Complete Technical Analysis
(6/19/2026)
UPDATED: The Coleco ADAM Universal Interface (RS-232 / Parallel) — Hardware, Firmware & Provenance
We have substantially expanded our analysis of the Coleco engineering prototype previously profiled here as the X00257 RS-232 / Centronics interface. Evidence from inside Coleco's own application software, from an existing FujiNet implementation, and — newly — from a complete period disassembly of the device firmware lets us tell the full story and name the device the way Coleco's marketing team did: the ADAM Universal Interface (RS-232 / Parallel).
This is the engineering precursor to an unreleased production peripheral. The prototype is built on a Coleco-manufactured PCB (X00257 REV 0, silkscreened with the boxed COLECO logo) — not a hand-built one-off. It contains a Motorola 6801 microcontroller, a Signetics SCN2661A USART, RS-232 line drivers, and a full Centronics parallel output stage, housed in a clear acrylic enclosure with a three-position mode switch (Serial / Parallel / SmartWriter pass-through). The socketed 2716 EPROM is hand-labelled "AHSPI REV 1.2," likely "ADAM Host Serial Parallel Interface" — the working engineering name for the product marketing called the Universal Interface.
Headline findings:
• The device lives on AdamNet device 14 ($0E) for its serial port and device 13 ($0D) for its parallel port — two independent AdamNet identities, one per port. The third switch position is a SmartWriter pass-through.
• The AdamCalc spreadsheet (Coleco, 1984) already detects this device at boot. Its device-probe table at $32AB explicitly names $0E "Serial" and $0D "Parallel" — period Coleco application software was aware of the Universal Interface even though it never shipped.
• The FujiNet project (open-source ESP32 AdamNet emulator) independently implemented this device in December 2021, reconstructing the AdamNet behaviour from the ADAM CP/M BIOS. Device address, hardware list, and command flow all agree with our analysis.
• The firmware is substantially complete. A full disassembly of the 2KB ROM — originally reconstructed by Chris Braymen, with later annotation by Richard F. Drushel — shows REV 1.2 implements buffered, bidirectional RS-232 through the SCN2661 USART, with both hardware (RTS/CTS) and software (XON/XOFF) flow control, AdamNet running interrupt-driven on the 6801's SCI while the serial port is polled. What Coleco left unwritten is a small block of AdamNet STATUS response routines. The complete disassembly and the reconstruction of those routines are detailed in the document.
• Coleco shipped the host side of this peripheral in retail CP/M 2.2. The ADAM CP/M BIOS contains a complete AUX driver — buffered read with character count, a six-byte serial init block, full status semantics — for a device that never reached stores (disassembled by Richard F. Drushel, 1992). The host driver was finished and in the field; only the device firmware was left incomplete. That is the kind of detail that reframes the story: this was not an idea sketched and dropped, but a peripheral built out on both sides and stopped a few subroutines short of done.
The architecture — AdamNet on the 6801's SCI, user serial via a Signetics EPCI, MC1488 / 1489 line conversion — is the same template that later appeared in the Orphanware, Hi-Tek, and MicroFox RS-232 cards. The third-party cards that became the de facto standard for ADAM serial were built along the path Coleco's own engineering team had already laid down.
The analysis document includes nine high-resolution photographs of the unit, the original Coleco engineering schematic, the complete annotated 6801 disassembly, the AdamNet device map for all three switch positions, the I/O memory map, the AdamCalc icon and device-table extractions, the firmware reconstruction with verification, and a list of open investigations. It is maintained as the living record for this device and is kept current as the work continues, so it — not this announcement — is the place to look for the latest detail.
Available in both HTML and DOCX format.
Restoration & Documentation: Rich DiRocco
Firmware disassembly: Chris Braymen (6801 ROM), with annotation by Richard F. Drushel
Host-side CP/M BIOS disassembly: Richard F. Drushel (1992)
Independent confirmation: FujiNet (Thomas Cherryhomes); Coleco Marketing Communications memo; AdamCalc binary analysis
Schematic & EPROM image: Original Coleco engineering materials
AdamArchive.org | ColecoVisionADAM.com
We have substantially expanded our analysis of the Coleco engineering prototype previously profiled here as the X00257 RS-232 / Centronics interface. Evidence from inside Coleco's own application software, from an existing FujiNet implementation, and — newly — from a complete period disassembly of the device firmware lets us tell the full story and name the device the way Coleco's marketing team did: the ADAM Universal Interface (RS-232 / Parallel).
This is the engineering precursor to an unreleased production peripheral. The prototype is built on a Coleco-manufactured PCB (X00257 REV 0, silkscreened with the boxed COLECO logo) — not a hand-built one-off. It contains a Motorola 6801 microcontroller, a Signetics SCN2661A USART, RS-232 line drivers, and a full Centronics parallel output stage, housed in a clear acrylic enclosure with a three-position mode switch (Serial / Parallel / SmartWriter pass-through). The socketed 2716 EPROM is hand-labelled "AHSPI REV 1.2," likely "ADAM Host Serial Parallel Interface" — the working engineering name for the product marketing called the Universal Interface.
Headline findings:
• The device lives on AdamNet device 14 ($0E) for its serial port and device 13 ($0D) for its parallel port — two independent AdamNet identities, one per port. The third switch position is a SmartWriter pass-through.
• The AdamCalc spreadsheet (Coleco, 1984) already detects this device at boot. Its device-probe table at $32AB explicitly names $0E "Serial" and $0D "Parallel" — period Coleco application software was aware of the Universal Interface even though it never shipped.
• The FujiNet project (open-source ESP32 AdamNet emulator) independently implemented this device in December 2021, reconstructing the AdamNet behaviour from the ADAM CP/M BIOS. Device address, hardware list, and command flow all agree with our analysis.
• The firmware is substantially complete. A full disassembly of the 2KB ROM — originally reconstructed by Chris Braymen, with later annotation by Richard F. Drushel — shows REV 1.2 implements buffered, bidirectional RS-232 through the SCN2661 USART, with both hardware (RTS/CTS) and software (XON/XOFF) flow control, AdamNet running interrupt-driven on the 6801's SCI while the serial port is polled. What Coleco left unwritten is a small block of AdamNet STATUS response routines. The complete disassembly and the reconstruction of those routines are detailed in the document.
• Coleco shipped the host side of this peripheral in retail CP/M 2.2. The ADAM CP/M BIOS contains a complete AUX driver — buffered read with character count, a six-byte serial init block, full status semantics — for a device that never reached stores (disassembled by Richard F. Drushel, 1992). The host driver was finished and in the field; only the device firmware was left incomplete. That is the kind of detail that reframes the story: this was not an idea sketched and dropped, but a peripheral built out on both sides and stopped a few subroutines short of done.
The architecture — AdamNet on the 6801's SCI, user serial via a Signetics EPCI, MC1488 / 1489 line conversion — is the same template that later appeared in the Orphanware, Hi-Tek, and MicroFox RS-232 cards. The third-party cards that became the de facto standard for ADAM serial were built along the path Coleco's own engineering team had already laid down.
The analysis document includes nine high-resolution photographs of the unit, the original Coleco engineering schematic, the complete annotated 6801 disassembly, the AdamNet device map for all three switch positions, the I/O memory map, the AdamCalc icon and device-table extractions, the firmware reconstruction with verification, and a list of open investigations. It is maintained as the living record for this device and is kept current as the work continues, so it — not this announcement — is the place to look for the latest detail.
Available in both HTML and DOCX format.
Restoration & Documentation: Rich DiRocco
Firmware disassembly: Chris Braymen (6801 ROM), with annotation by Richard F. Drushel
Host-side CP/M BIOS disassembly: Richard F. Drushel (1992)
Independent confirmation: FujiNet (Thomas Cherryhomes); Coleco Marketing Communications memo; AdamCalc binary analysis
Schematic & EPROM image: Original Coleco engineering materials
AdamArchive.org | ColecoVisionADAM.com
FujiNet Setup Manual is released.
(6/15/2026)
The #ColecoAdam #FujiNet Setup Manual is released. It is Patterned after the Adam Start-up Manual. Enjoy.
https://fujinet.online/.../fujinet-config-adam-setup...
https://fujinet.online/.../fujinet-config-adam-setup...
Fujinet-PC can now talk AdamNet with AdamEmSDL!
(6/14/2026)
#ColecoAdam #FujiNet users!
* Fujinet-PC can now talk AdamNet with AdamEmSDL!
* A new FujiNet Go Adam combines FujiNet-PC + ADAMemSDL into an Android app to run on phone, tablet, or TV!
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-go-adam
* Fujinet-PC can now talk AdamNet with AdamEmSDL!
* A new FujiNet Go Adam combines FujiNet-PC + ADAMemSDL into an Android app to run on phone, tablet, or TV!
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-go-adam
Time to round them up!!!!!
(6/14/2026)
Trail Drive draws heavy inspiration from Activision's Stampede (1981) and Konami's Antarctic Adventure (1983) — blending the side-scrolling livestock wrangling of one with the obstacle-dodging endurance run of the other, all wrapped in a classic American West setting.
The Duck, Shark, Turtle & Crab are all waiting for you!!!
(6/14/2026)
I have posted a partial copy that allows for demo mode of 30seconds of 2 player mode. There are other additional screens and functions not included in the demo version.
Had to pull down full demo files due to some trying to post unfinished copies.
Check it out!!!
Had to pull down full demo files due to some trying to post unfinished copies.
Check it out!!!
BarnBuster is pretty much complete!!
(6/14/2026)
Had to pull down full demo files due to some trying to post unfinished copies.
I have posted a partial copy that allows for demo mode of 3 barn fly throughs. There are other additional screens and functions not included in the demo version.
Check it out!!!
I have posted a partial copy that allows for demo mode of 3 barn fly throughs. There are other additional screens and functions not included in the demo version.
Check it out!!!
Cool Stuff hidden in the last arrival of Gems from MicroFox Technologies.
(6/12/2026)
A real FIRST!!!! Can you spot the surprise 🙂???
ColecoVision Expansion Module #2 Driving Controller Battery Eliminator Kit
(6/12/2026)
In 1982 if you were over changing out batteries you had to run to JCP and get a Coleco PermaPower for your Exp#2 Turbo Controller. Today we have the High-tech Lundy Electronics creating modern solutions!!
Check out this great device to give you safe perma power!!!
We are proud to have Prototype#1 here at the Museum.
Check out this great device to give you safe perma power!!!
We are proud to have Prototype#1 here at the Museum.
ADAMarchive.org has new and interesting updates for all!!
(6/12/2026)
James has just updated the Archive with numerous items for both ColecoVision and ADAM enthusiast.
Taz is back — and he's ravenous.
(6/12/2026)
Taz is back — and he's ravenous.
Guide the Tasmanian Devil across eight lanes of non-stop action. Food flies at you from every direction: grab the hamburgers, root beers, ice cream cones, fudgesicles, apple cores, turnips and sundaes before they disappear off-screen. But watch out — dynamite sticks are mixed in with the feast, and one wrong catch will cost you a life.
TAZ for ColecoVision is a faithful and lovingly crafted adaptation of the 1983 Atari 2600 classic developed by Steve Woita and published by Atari. Built from scratch in CVBasic for real ColecoVision hardware, it runs on a standard cartridge with no expansion hardware required.
Guide the Tasmanian Devil across eight lanes of non-stop action. Food flies at you from every direction: grab the hamburgers, root beers, ice cream cones, fudgesicles, apple cores, turnips and sundaes before they disappear off-screen. But watch out — dynamite sticks are mixed in with the feast, and one wrong catch will cost you a life.
TAZ for ColecoVision is a faithful and lovingly crafted adaptation of the 1983 Atari 2600 classic developed by Steve Woita and published by Atari. Built from scratch in CVBasic for real ColecoVision hardware, it runs on a standard cartridge with no expansion hardware required.
Could a FROB for the Colecovision/ADAM be made today?
(6/10/2026)
A manual exists for this device but supposably there is not a known unit in existence. I wonder if we can recreate an OG or an updated version.
Check out what AI has to say with all the factual evidence we could find.
Check out what AI has to say with all the factual evidence we could find.
Work in Progress: ColecoVision Game Cartridge Adapter for the Adafruit Fruit Jam by Dan The Geek
(6/08/2026)
ADAM Universal HD Boot ROM
(6/02/2026)
The ADAM Universal HD Boot Selector with Auto-Detect is a game-changer for serious ADAM users running hard disk setups. Pop in the cartridge and it auto-detects your hardware, then presents a clean menu of 8 driver options covering every ADAM hard disk interface ever made:
📀 ADAMnet HD — 2 or 4 disk driver
💾 MFM HD — 2 or 4 disk driver
💿 IDE/CF — 2 or 4 disk driver
🖥️ SASI/SCSI — 2 or 4 disk driver
Select via the hand controller keypad, or just let it auto-boot your previously chosen driver in seconds. No more swapping boot tapes or disk packs just to fire up your hard drive setup — one cartridge handles them all.
Whether you're running a vintage MFM drive, a compact flash IDE setup, or a SASI/SCSI array, MicroFox has you covered with a single universal solution.
The ADAM ecosystem is alive and well in 2026! 🕹️
#ColecoADAM #ColecoVision #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #MicroFox #ADAM #Coleco #RetroTech
📀 ADAMnet HD — 2 or 4 disk driver
💾 MFM HD — 2 or 4 disk driver
💿 IDE/CF — 2 or 4 disk driver
🖥️ SASI/SCSI — 2 or 4 disk driver
Select via the hand controller keypad, or just let it auto-boot your previously chosen driver in seconds. No more swapping boot tapes or disk packs just to fire up your hard drive setup — one cartridge handles them all.
Whether you're running a vintage MFM drive, a compact flash IDE setup, or a SASI/SCSI array, MicroFox has you covered with a single universal solution.
The ADAM ecosystem is alive and well in 2026! 🕹️
#ColecoADAM #ColecoVision #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #MicroFox #ADAM #Coleco #RetroTech
Virtual Disk Drive (VDD) — Prototype
(6/02/2026)
The pre-production prototype of the MicroFox Virtual ADAM Disk Drive, dated © 2014 on the PCB silkscreen — two years before the 2016 commercial release. Signed and attributed by designer Bob Slopsema of MicroFox Technologies on the acrylic enclosure. This is a three-board sandwich assembly in a clear acrylic prototype case, revealing the full development architecture before it was consolidated into the production unit.
MicroFox IDE Card with SD Storage (SD35VC0) Slot #1
(6/02/2026)
This pairing turns the MicroFox IDE Host Adapter into a modern solid-state storage solution for the Coleco ADAM. The green IDE Host Adapter (© 2012 MicroFox Technologies, distributed exclusively by ANN) seats in expansion slot #1 and connects through a 40-pin IDE ribbon cable to a black SD35VC0 SD-to-IDE adapter, which presents an SD card to the ADAM as a standard IDE hard drive.
The SD35VC0 is a later-generation adapter in a 3.5" hard-drive form factor: a consolidated FPGA/MCU performs the full IDE-to-SD protocol translation in firmware, with dual power inputs (4-pin Molex and floppy-style FDD), labeled status LEDs (Card Detect, Active, Power), and standard drive mounting holes for clean installation. It supersedes the earlier bare CompactFlash/SD carrier boards that relied on minimal passive logic.
The IDE boot-cart ROM scans device IDs $04–$08, mapping the first five to hard-disk partitions and activating Coleco's dormant 4-drive expansion IDs ($06/$07) via boot-time EOS hot-patches. A typical power-user layout splits the partitioned SD card between EOS partitions (for ADAM SmartBASIC and native software) and TDOS partitions (for the CP/M environment) — for example, 10 EOS + 4 TDOS.
The SD35VC0 is a later-generation adapter in a 3.5" hard-drive form factor: a consolidated FPGA/MCU performs the full IDE-to-SD protocol translation in firmware, with dual power inputs (4-pin Molex and floppy-style FDD), labeled status LEDs (Card Detect, Active, Power), and standard drive mounting holes for clean installation. It supersedes the earlier bare CompactFlash/SD carrier boards that relied on minimal passive logic.
The IDE boot-cart ROM scans device IDs $04–$08, mapping the first five to hard-disk partitions and activating Coleco's dormant 4-drive expansion IDs ($06/$07) via boot-time EOS hot-patches. A typical power-user layout splits the partitioned SD card between EOS partitions (for ADAM SmartBASIC and native software) and TDOS partitions (for the CP/M environment) — for example, 10 EOS + 4 TDOS.
Four Decades of 80 Columns on the Coleco ADAM
(6/02/2026)
The ADAM shipped in 1983 with a TMS9928A generating 40 columns — fine for games and SmartWriter, but a non-starter for serious CP/M work. Four different companies solved that problem across four decades, each reflecting the technology and constraints of their era.
🔹 Orphanware / Digital Research Computers (1983)
Designer: William White
The earliest solution — and the most ambitious. This is a complete ZRT-80 CRT terminal engine on a single board: its own Z80 CPU, terminal monitor ROM, character generator ROM, INS8250N UART, and HD46505 CRTC (Hitachi MC6845 equivalent). The ADAM talks to it via serial; the Orphanware's independent Z80 renders 80×24 text to monochrome composite video. It's literally a second computer dedicated to the display. DIP switches configure baud rate, parity, and video mode. The ZRT-80 was a well-known terminal design in the S-100/hobbyist community — White adapted it for the ADAM market.
🔹 EVE Electronic Systems VD-MB / MON-80 (1985–86)
Framingham, MA
The commercial polish solution. The VD-MB is a complete expansion chassis with its own multi-rail power supply (replacing the ADAM printer's power function), a 4-slot expansion bus for EVE peripherals (SP-1 serial, SS-CC, and others), and integrated 80-column video. Emulates a Heath H19 terminal superset — not the subset that ADAM's built-in driver used — with VT-100 emulation available as a custom option. Software-selectable switching between ADAM 40-column and EVE 80-column via the CP/M IOBYTE. Composite video output to monochrome or some high-res color monitors. Shipped with modified CP/M that boots directly into 80-column mode. Full escape code support: cursor addressing, insert/delete line/character, reverse video, graphics mode, and wrap control.
🔹 MicroFox Technologies — Parallax Propeller Version (2023)
Designer: Doug Slopsema — Distributed by ANN
Forty years later, a single expansion card does what took an entire chassis in 1985. Uses a vintage Signetics SCN2651C USART (NOS, 1983 date code) for serial protocol paired with a Parallax P8X32A Propeller 8-core microcontroller for video generation. The Propeller's independent cores generate VGA timing, render the character map, and handle ADAM bus communication simultaneously — no interrupt conflicts. VGA output through DB-9 connector. Professional PCB with silkscreen and solder mask. Connects to the ADAM side expansion port.
🔹 MicroFox Technologies — Raspberry Pi Pico Version (2026)
Designer: Doug Slopsema — Distributed by ANN
The latest evolution swaps the Propeller for a Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040 dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ at 133MHz). The RP2040's PIO state machines generate pixel-accurate VGA timing in dedicated hardware. The Pico module brings USB programming, on-board voltage regulation, and a massive community ecosystem. Same SCN2651C USART, same DB-9 VGA output, same ADAM expansion port connection. Added reset button. Cheaper, more available, easier to update.
What's remarkable is that the core problem never changed: the ADAM's Z80 needs to send character data somewhere that can render 80 columns. In 1983, that required an entire second computer. In 1985, it required a chassis with its own power supply. In 2023, it fits on a card smaller than the original ADAM keyboard connector. In 2026, the video processor costs $4.
🔹 Orphanware / Digital Research Computers (1983)
Designer: William White
The earliest solution — and the most ambitious. This is a complete ZRT-80 CRT terminal engine on a single board: its own Z80 CPU, terminal monitor ROM, character generator ROM, INS8250N UART, and HD46505 CRTC (Hitachi MC6845 equivalent). The ADAM talks to it via serial; the Orphanware's independent Z80 renders 80×24 text to monochrome composite video. It's literally a second computer dedicated to the display. DIP switches configure baud rate, parity, and video mode. The ZRT-80 was a well-known terminal design in the S-100/hobbyist community — White adapted it for the ADAM market.
🔹 EVE Electronic Systems VD-MB / MON-80 (1985–86)
Framingham, MA
The commercial polish solution. The VD-MB is a complete expansion chassis with its own multi-rail power supply (replacing the ADAM printer's power function), a 4-slot expansion bus for EVE peripherals (SP-1 serial, SS-CC, and others), and integrated 80-column video. Emulates a Heath H19 terminal superset — not the subset that ADAM's built-in driver used — with VT-100 emulation available as a custom option. Software-selectable switching between ADAM 40-column and EVE 80-column via the CP/M IOBYTE. Composite video output to monochrome or some high-res color monitors. Shipped with modified CP/M that boots directly into 80-column mode. Full escape code support: cursor addressing, insert/delete line/character, reverse video, graphics mode, and wrap control.
🔹 MicroFox Technologies — Parallax Propeller Version (2023)
Designer: Doug Slopsema — Distributed by ANN
Forty years later, a single expansion card does what took an entire chassis in 1985. Uses a vintage Signetics SCN2651C USART (NOS, 1983 date code) for serial protocol paired with a Parallax P8X32A Propeller 8-core microcontroller for video generation. The Propeller's independent cores generate VGA timing, render the character map, and handle ADAM bus communication simultaneously — no interrupt conflicts. VGA output through DB-9 connector. Professional PCB with silkscreen and solder mask. Connects to the ADAM side expansion port.
🔹 MicroFox Technologies — Raspberry Pi Pico Version (2026)
Designer: Doug Slopsema — Distributed by ANN
The latest evolution swaps the Propeller for a Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040 dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ at 133MHz). The RP2040's PIO state machines generate pixel-accurate VGA timing in dedicated hardware. The Pico module brings USB programming, on-board voltage regulation, and a massive community ecosystem. Same SCN2651C USART, same DB-9 VGA output, same ADAM expansion port connection. Added reset button. Cheaper, more available, easier to update.
What's remarkable is that the core problem never changed: the ADAM's Z80 needs to send character data somewhere that can render 80 columns. In 1983, that required an entire second computer. In 1985, it required a chassis with its own power supply. In 2023, it fits on a card smaller than the original ADAM keyboard connector. In 2026, the video processor costs $4.
The 2025 Newly Rediscovered C-Interface for The ADAM is shipping!!!
(6/01/2026)
Some members in the community that showed interest last year as we reverse engineered this donated device, will be receiving there own unit!!
Team Pixelboy Website
(5/24/2026)
The Team Pixelboy site seems to have been sold after going up and down several times following Luc's announcement that he was moving on to other projects. After much discussion on AtariAge, he approved mirroring of his site for preservation. We have made a copy of his site available for fans to reflect upon.
An MSX1 to Colecovision w/SGM of Space Trouble
(5/23/2026)
Check this out!!! https://cvaddict.com/game/space-trouble/
Coool new use of AI for the CV.
https://forums.atariage.com/.../390433-my-ai-experiment.../
Coool new use of AI for the CV.
https://forums.atariage.com/.../390433-my-ai-experiment.../
Coleco Industries Marketing Layered AD Slick for the ADAM
(5/19/2026)
New arrival at the museum.
Mail Call: 2 OG Opcode Games
(5/19/2026)
Mail Call: An Original Image Microcorp DDP!!!
(5/19/2026)
Super Action Cornhole
(5/18/2026)
I'm almost tempted to scratch it and see if I WON!!!!
(5/18/2026)
ColecoVision memorabilia from the Netherlands!
(5/18/2026)
ColecoVision memorabilia from the Netherlands!
This is a Dutch advertisement for Ola (an ice cream brand, part of Iglo/Unilever), promoting a contest. Here's the full translation:
"Giant Contest at Ola. 5,000 Prizes."
The fun never stops.
15 CBS ColecoVision game computers
150 Nintendo electronic games (handheld/Game & Watch style)
More than 1,000 real Ola T-shirts
Thousands of tickets for de Efteling (famous Dutch theme park), Dierenpark Wassenaar (Wassenaar Zoo), and Dolfirama Zandvoort (a dolphin show/aquarium)...
That's going to be a blast at Ola!
How do you participate?
You simply collect 10 Ola brand stickers found on the sticks of Vinger, Split, Sinas, Choco Rock, and Vlaggestick ice creams (sometimes there are three on one stick). Send the sticks with the 10 Ola stickers before August 16, 1984 to Iglo-Ola B.V., Tiberdreef 4, 3561 GG Utrecht, and you will immediately receive a contest entry form.
What do you have to do?
Once you receive the entry form, the real fun begins. The assignment is: invent your own ice cream, make a nice drawing of it, and come up with a name for it. A real jury will review all entries and whoever has the best ice cream idea will win a prize.
This is a Dutch advertisement for Ola (an ice cream brand, part of Iglo/Unilever), promoting a contest. Here's the full translation:
"Giant Contest at Ola. 5,000 Prizes."
The fun never stops.
15 CBS ColecoVision game computers
150 Nintendo electronic games (handheld/Game & Watch style)
More than 1,000 real Ola T-shirts
Thousands of tickets for de Efteling (famous Dutch theme park), Dierenpark Wassenaar (Wassenaar Zoo), and Dolfirama Zandvoort (a dolphin show/aquarium)...
That's going to be a blast at Ola!
How do you participate?
You simply collect 10 Ola brand stickers found on the sticks of Vinger, Split, Sinas, Choco Rock, and Vlaggestick ice creams (sometimes there are three on one stick). Send the sticks with the 10 Ola stickers before August 16, 1984 to Iglo-Ola B.V., Tiberdreef 4, 3561 GG Utrecht, and you will immediately receive a contest entry form.
What do you have to do?
Once you receive the entry form, the real fun begins. The assignment is: invent your own ice cream, make a nice drawing of it, and come up with a name for it. A real jury will review all entries and whoever has the best ice cream idea will win a prize.
MAIL CALL: Coleco ADAM Orphanware Stacked Chip Memory Expander 256/512
(5/09/2026)
Mail Call: An Original Free ColecoVision Cabbage Patch
(5/08/2026)
Mail Call: An Original Free ColecoVision Cabbage Patch in her box and sealed bag. Did not come with the Retail Adoption Box. Shipped on April 16, 1985 for $1.73 postage. Time were good!!!!
MAIL CALL: Pooyan
(5/06/2026)
MAIL CALL: Pooyan in an arcade style box. Not one listed on CollectorVisions website. Any information on this gem?
Across the locean
(5/06/2026)
Across the locean, the French had their own CBS ColecoVision card games. Have you seen any of the others?
This is a French Donkey Kong scratch card by Nintendo, distributed by CBS Electronics. It's Card #4 of a set of 12 "Vidéocartes" (video cards).
RULES OF THE GAME
Story: Jane, Mario's fiancée, is being held captive by Donkey Kong. Mario has decided to rescue her, but he must avoid the barrels thrown by Donkey Kong to stop him from advancing. So, play with a friend... and may the best player win!
Rules:
To start the game, both players draw lots to decide who goes first.
Players take turns scratching the gold-covered squares with a coin, following the direction indicated by the arrows.
YOU CAN ONLY SCRATCH ONE SQUARE AT A TIME.
A player must never skip a square.
If a player lands on a barrel, they lose a turn — their opponent then plays twice in a row.
The winner is the first player to reach Jane.
It's essentially a two-player scratch-card board game tie-in for the Donkey Kong arcade game, offered by Les Juniors (a French youth/kids brand)
This is a French Donkey Kong scratch card by Nintendo, distributed by CBS Electronics. It's Card #4 of a set of 12 "Vidéocartes" (video cards).
RULES OF THE GAME
Story: Jane, Mario's fiancée, is being held captive by Donkey Kong. Mario has decided to rescue her, but he must avoid the barrels thrown by Donkey Kong to stop him from advancing. So, play with a friend... and may the best player win!
Rules:
To start the game, both players draw lots to decide who goes first.
Players take turns scratching the gold-covered squares with a coin, following the direction indicated by the arrows.
YOU CAN ONLY SCRATCH ONE SQUARE AT A TIME.
A player must never skip a square.
If a player lands on a barrel, they lose a turn — their opponent then plays twice in a row.
The winner is the first player to reach Jane.
It's essentially a two-player scratch-card board game tie-in for the Donkey Kong arcade game, offered by Les Juniors (a French youth/kids brand)
MAIL CALL: Another South American Hack
(5/06/2026)
MAIL CALL: Another South American Hack from VGC. 2 Games in 1 Robin Hood & CROAC II (Frogger II). af few modifications to the text throughout the game.
We will share the roms once the ColecoVisionADAM.com site returns.
We will share the roms once the ColecoVisionADAM.com site returns.
Argentinian Mail Call
(4/13/2026)
Argentinian Mail Call: Some Kenia Coleco games missing from the collection and a bunch of rare bootlegs!! Most of the roms are already uploaded for review and download. 🙂
2026 SUPER ADAM is here!!!!
(4/13/2026)
Check out the newest Super ADAM 2026 and its predecessors!
MAIL CALL: ADAM GAMMA DRAM to SRAM
(4/12/2026)
MAIL CALL: ADAM GAMMA DRAM to SRAM Converter Production unit #001. Take your ADAM to a step above with this great device!!! https://lundyelectronics.com/.../coleco-adam-gamma-dram.../
Proof of Concept Unit arrives at The Museum
(4/12/2026)
Proof of Concept Unit arrives at The Museum. Lundy Electronics ColecoVision and ADAM 8 BIOS Selector. Amazing to see what it started as and what it became 🙂 Thanks John for all you contribute to the CV/ADAM community.
A really cool devise allowing you to select from 8 different Boot BIOS. https://lundyelectronics.com/product/colecovision-adam-bios/
https://www.colecovisionadam.com/
A really cool devise allowing you to select from 8 different Boot BIOS. https://lundyelectronics.com/product/colecovision-adam-bios/
https://www.colecovisionadam.com/
Next year is gonna be great!!!!
(4/11/2026)
REALLY BIG DAY AT THE MUSEUM!!!!! Stay tuned more to come.............
(4/10/2026)
Trail Drive Box Artwork
(4/05/2026)
What could it be???
(4/02/2026)
Pretty good score today 🙂!!!!
(3/28/2026)
There has been a darn Stampede....Lets round them up!!!!
(3/26/2026)
My next project..... A little Stampede meets Antartic Adventure :)
Yolks on You
(3/23/2026)
ColecoVision Games for After Hours.......
(3/23/2026)
SUPER RARE Champion Ice Hockey (3/5)
(3/23/2026)
OPCODE Series Games Have Arrived!!!
(3/23/2026)
The Bit Corp. ColecoVision Series
(3/23/2026)
Standard Controller Edition (SCE) ColecoVision Games
(3/23/2026)
Rare Arrivakls for the Museum (COCOLECO & Telegames Fathom)
(3/23/2026)
ADAM System Final Test Module
(3/15/2026)
⏰ The wait is over.
For years, the ADAM community has wondered about the ADAM System Final Test Module - that mysterious T-1638 unit glimpsed at in ebay photos and on AtariAge.
Today we're releasing everything:
Complete technical documentation
Firmware disassembly & analysis
Hardware schematics
Operational theory
One more piece of ADAM history, preserved forever.
For years, the ADAM community has wondered about the ADAM System Final Test Module - that mysterious T-1638 unit glimpsed at in ebay photos and on AtariAge.
Today we're releasing everything:
Complete technical documentation
Firmware disassembly & analysis
Hardware schematics
Operational theory
One more piece of ADAM history, preserved forever.
Mystery Coleco Cards in Uruguay Resolved!!!
(3/14/2026)
Does anyone remember this Mystery Tub Of Coleco Expansion Cards that made its way to Uruguay??? Well we finally have the answers!!
Hanimex Pencil II Located
(3/14/2026)
I was able to finally find a Hanimex Pencil II, the computer with the ability to play ColecoVision games through expansion. Hope it's over seas travels are safe :)!!!
Salora Manager Computer has Arrived
(3/13/2026)
The computer that run the Holy Grail of expansion modules, now the search is on!!!!
CBS Electronics Window Sticker
(3/10/2026)
Received a sealed CBS Electronics Video Games Window Sticker for the collection. Dont want to open it but looks prettry close to this image 🙂
Questar CVY-1 Joystick Adaptor
(3/10/2026)
A rare item for the Questar series of joysticks for the ColecoVision & ADAM now added to the Museum!!!!
CollectorVision Arrivals
(3/10/2026)
Filling some gaps in my collection with these awesome titles!!!
You can always see my wishlist at: https://www.colecovisionadam.com/collection/public_wishlist.php?user=5
You can always see my wishlist at: https://www.colecovisionadam.com/collection/public_wishlist.php?user=5
Clones Updated!!!!
(3/03/2026)
All new details and updates to this section. Check it out.
The Planned Collection
(2/23/2026)
The Best of Coleco Handhelds (DDP/Disk)
(2/23/2026)
Could be happening :)
How About Another Coleco Best of Data Pack ??
(2/22/2026)
USA HOCKEY FOR THE GOLD!!!
(2/21/2026)
In honor of the US Olympic Womens Team Win, I am sharing progress on another project. H2H Hockey!! Check it out with online Demo play..
Ever Heard of Capital Software?
(2/21/2026)
Tom at Capital had a dream of expanding ADAM's capabilities and wanted to give us users the ability to use some of the High Speed Commodore Printers of the time. His solution, The C-Interface. We will dive into this great little device on the SmartForum.
Factory Cases of LORAN DDP's Arrive
(2/21/2026)
MAIL CALL: If you were going to produce at the highest quality levels back in the day there was probably no better way than to order your DDP's direct from Loran. These wrapped and sealed DDP's are formatted and programmed with that manufactures software. Thought the individual sleeves say 90's they are standard ADAM 256k Center Directory DDP's. A great addition to the museum. Stay tunned on the SmartForum (https://forum.colecovisionadam.com/) where we will cover this manufactures hardware and software contributions to the ADAM. https://forum.colecovisionadam.com
Face to Face (H2H) Football is progressing!!
(2/19/2026)
Check out our progress!!!!
In Memory of Joe Blenkle — A Pillar of the Coleco ADAM Community
(2/17/2026)
The Coleco ADAM community has lost one of its longest-serving and most dedicated members. Joe Blenkle, creator and webmaster of ColecoAdam.net, passed away on February 17, 2026.
Joe was an ADAMite from the very beginning. He was active in the ADAM community since the computer's release in 1983 and never stopped contributing. For nearly three decades, he maintained ColecoAdam.net — "The ADAM Family Computer System" page — which he founded in 1997. The site became one of the most important preservation resources in the ADAM world, housing the complete digitized run of all 24 issues of Expandable Computer News (ECN), the beloved ADAM newsletter published by Sage Enterprises from 1984 to 1988. Joe received personal permission from the widow of ECN founder Darrell Sage to reproduce the newsletter's contents online, ensuring this vital piece of ADAM history would never be lost.
Joe was himself a regular contributor to ECN and other ADAM publications during the 1980s, writing numerous software and game reviews that helped fellow ADAM owners make informed decisions about their purchases. The ADAM News Network described him as "an ADAMite from WAY BACK" and "an avid gamer" who contributed reviews throughout the early ADAM years.
In more recent years, Joe became prolific in creating original multimedia disks for the ADAM — interactive presentations combining graphics and MIDI music that showcased what the humble 8-bit computer could still do. His output was remarkable: holiday-themed disks for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the 4th of July, released year after year. He created trivia game volumes covering topics from Star Trek to James Bond, multimedia tributes to classic TV shows like Battlestar Galactica, The Invaders, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and Space: 1999, and educational presentations on the U.S. space program. His very first multimedia effort, the Ghostbusters disk, went through multiple revisions over the years — a testament to his perfectionism and ongoing dedication. His most recent release, a Valentine's Day 2026 disk, was uploaded just weeks before his passing.
Joe also preserved and made available the complete ADAM's Jukebox music collection, the Multimedia Utilities created by Chris Brayman, and maintained a comprehensive ADAM news section on his site that kept the community informed about new hardware from Lundy Electronics, the FujiNet project, and other developments keeping the ADAM alive in the 21st century.
Joe proved that a small community, sustained by passionate individuals, can keep a platform alive and vibrant long after the manufacturer has gone. The ADAM community is smaller today without him, but immeasurably richer for everything he built and preserved.
Rest in peace, Joe. The ADAM world will miss you.
Joe was an ADAMite from the very beginning. He was active in the ADAM community since the computer's release in 1983 and never stopped contributing. For nearly three decades, he maintained ColecoAdam.net — "The ADAM Family Computer System" page — which he founded in 1997. The site became one of the most important preservation resources in the ADAM world, housing the complete digitized run of all 24 issues of Expandable Computer News (ECN), the beloved ADAM newsletter published by Sage Enterprises from 1984 to 1988. Joe received personal permission from the widow of ECN founder Darrell Sage to reproduce the newsletter's contents online, ensuring this vital piece of ADAM history would never be lost.
Joe was himself a regular contributor to ECN and other ADAM publications during the 1980s, writing numerous software and game reviews that helped fellow ADAM owners make informed decisions about their purchases. The ADAM News Network described him as "an ADAMite from WAY BACK" and "an avid gamer" who contributed reviews throughout the early ADAM years.
In more recent years, Joe became prolific in creating original multimedia disks for the ADAM — interactive presentations combining graphics and MIDI music that showcased what the humble 8-bit computer could still do. His output was remarkable: holiday-themed disks for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the 4th of July, released year after year. He created trivia game volumes covering topics from Star Trek to James Bond, multimedia tributes to classic TV shows like Battlestar Galactica, The Invaders, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, and Space: 1999, and educational presentations on the U.S. space program. His very first multimedia effort, the Ghostbusters disk, went through multiple revisions over the years — a testament to his perfectionism and ongoing dedication. His most recent release, a Valentine's Day 2026 disk, was uploaded just weeks before his passing.
Joe also preserved and made available the complete ADAM's Jukebox music collection, the Multimedia Utilities created by Chris Brayman, and maintained a comprehensive ADAM news section on his site that kept the community informed about new hardware from Lundy Electronics, the FujiNet project, and other developments keeping the ADAM alive in the 21st century.
Joe proved that a small community, sustained by passionate individuals, can keep a platform alive and vibrant long after the manufacturer has gone. The ADAM community is smaller today without him, but immeasurably richer for everything he built and preserved.
Rest in peace, Joe. The ADAM world will miss you.
Todays Canadian Mail Call!!
(2/17/2026)
Closing in some of the Gaps!! Which ones do you have that I dont?
German Titles Have Arrived!!
(2/16/2026)
A fine collection of German CV Titles arrived today from Europe in excellent condition!!! The international collection is coming together :)
Work Has Started Again On The HeadtoHead Series of Games!!!!
(2/15/2026)
Combined ADAM Hard Drive Boot Cart
(2/14/2026)
With all the great new tools from Doug at MicroFox, I decided to combine them all into one boot cartridge to use on all my differently configured ADAM's. Progressing nicely!!!
SASI Drives and Mutiple Boot Configirations
(2/12/2026)
MicroFox has now developed both EPROMS, and Cartridge Boot ROMS for these SASI drives allowing for multiple configurations!!!! Will boot the rare SmartMATE Program, a 2 Disk and 4 Disk Boot configuration allowing you to boot from Drives 3 & 4.
GREAT DAY IN THE MUSEUM. DOUG & MEEKA FROM ADAMCON AND MICROFOX TECHNOLOGIES VISIT!!!
(2/11/2026)
Check out the schematics and ADAM Data Drive Switch Box in the foreground being reviewed!! Not only did we go through numerous pieces of hardware and systems. MicroFox delivered an updated SASI Slot #2 card with a boot eprom that recognizes and boots from up to 4 disk drives in addition to the SASI Drive. More to come.............
German Flipper Slipper by Spectravideo
(2/07/2026)
A CIB copy of the German Release of this title!!!
The Pink Panther (Alternate Version) Arrived!!!
(2/07/2026)
I was able to acquire a rare Pink Edition of The Adventures of the Pink Panther. A great edition to the collection!!!
CBS French Edition Mail Call !!!
(2/07/2026)
Thanks to Pascal for helping complete my collection of French Titles!!!
JerryG's Guide to the Classic VideoGames
(2/07/2026)
A rare publication arrived today from JerryG's the game collector and publiser of 2 bootleg ColecoVision games (Motorcross Racer & Tournament Tennis) .
FLUX is in the house!!!!
(2/07/2026)
Latest Release from ? 8-bit Milli Games ?. There is a fun reveal in this game of whats to come from this programmer. Just the same a fun game to play with may options, smooth flow and fun graphics and sound!!! Check it out!!
Prototype - Joe The Eskimo
(2/07/2026)
Just recieved a prototype copy of the Game Joe The Eskimo. THough it has been pulled from the 8-bit Milli Release schedule. It shows his continued evolution of graphics and programing abilities. Mabe some day this game will see a final revision and release. TBD
CBS (UK) ADAM Sales Brouchure
(1/28/2026)
A newly Discoved CBS (UK) ADAM Sales Brouchure for your viewing Pleasure.
Canadian Address Book Filer and AutoDialer
(1/26/2026)
A Little Something New on the ADAM front: a CIB Canadian Address Book Filer and AutoDialer. Rare Find!!!!
Firworks Factory
(1/25/2026)
All 3 versions of Fireworks Factory are now in the Collection!!!
South American Bootlegs/Hacks
(1/25/2026)
Always fun to receive S.A. Bootleg/Hacks 🙂 Sometimes there are no changes and sometimes deep editing has been done to change the language in the games.
Check Out the ROMS/Game play.
Check Out the ROMS/Game play.
Super Action Soccer
(1/25/2026)
If only there had been an offical US Version of Super Action Soccer.
Pretty Cool Alternate Box for ROCKY arrives!!!!
(1/25/2026)
Rare Reproduction Mail Call
(1/25/2026)
A few Other Cool Arrivals! 3 Demo's and 2 Full Games. Check them out live in the games section.
Opcode Mail Call
(1/25/2026)
Some rare lab production games arrived!!! Check them out and play them online.
Here We Grow Again!!!!
(1/22/2026)
The museum has out grown its current storage space, so we are having to reconfigure and update to bigger shelving units!!! PREVIEW COMING SOON :)
ADAM Final Test Module Gets Turned Back On after 40+ Years!!!!
(1/19/2026)
Lundy Electronics has now cleaned and tested the ADAM Final Test Module and has entered the LIVE testing phase. It appears the units are all still operational. Stay up to date in the SmartFORUM as diagnostics progress!!!
Dual UART Board (04-1728) RS-232 Output Interface
(1/10/2026)
Keep up to date in the SmartFORUM as we dive into this module and the software designed to use it.
🎉 NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED ADAM HARDWARE DISCOVERED AND REVIVED! 🎉
(1/06/2026)
Big news from the ADAM preservation community! We've brought back to life one of the rarest pieces of Coleco ADAM hardware ever made—a prototype SASI (SCSI) interface card designed by Mark Gordon of Micro Innovations in the early 1990s.
The History:
After Mark's successful Powermate IDE hard disk systems (the square black-fronted MI boxes many of you remember), he attempted to develop a SCSI-based storage solution for the ADAM. These SASI cards were prototyped but never released to the public. Whether Mark couldn't tame the physical SCSI drives of the era or couldn't get the head/cylinder/sector specs to cooperate with the ADAM remains a mystery.
The Revival:
We've solved the puzzle using modern technology! By mounting a BlueSCSI board (Blue Pill microprocessor + SD card) on top of Mark's original prototype cards, we now have fully functional SCSI-based hard disk storage for the ADAM. The software is derived from Mark's original Powermate code, modified to work with this new setup.
What We Found:
Two card versions: v1.0 (soldered jumper) and v2.0 (moveable jumper)
One card includes an autoboot EPROM originally for the Powermate MFM system
Card traces match the ADAMnet side of Mark's IDE interface cards
Runs TDOS 4.5 and EOS just like the original Powermate units
Think of it as a "mini Powermate"—the same way compact flash setups are miniaturized IDE units, this is a compact SCSI solution using Mark's proven software foundation.
A full manual has been written in the style of the original Micro Innovations documentation. Another piece of ADAM history preserved! 📚
#ColecoADAM #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #MicroInnovations #Preservation #8bit #BlueSCSI #SCSI #ComputerHistory
The History:
After Mark's successful Powermate IDE hard disk systems (the square black-fronted MI boxes many of you remember), he attempted to develop a SCSI-based storage solution for the ADAM. These SASI cards were prototyped but never released to the public. Whether Mark couldn't tame the physical SCSI drives of the era or couldn't get the head/cylinder/sector specs to cooperate with the ADAM remains a mystery.
The Revival:
We've solved the puzzle using modern technology! By mounting a BlueSCSI board (Blue Pill microprocessor + SD card) on top of Mark's original prototype cards, we now have fully functional SCSI-based hard disk storage for the ADAM. The software is derived from Mark's original Powermate code, modified to work with this new setup.
What We Found:
Two card versions: v1.0 (soldered jumper) and v2.0 (moveable jumper)
One card includes an autoboot EPROM originally for the Powermate MFM system
Card traces match the ADAMnet side of Mark's IDE interface cards
Runs TDOS 4.5 and EOS just like the original Powermate units
Think of it as a "mini Powermate"—the same way compact flash setups are miniaturized IDE units, this is a compact SCSI solution using Mark's proven software foundation.
A full manual has been written in the style of the original Micro Innovations documentation. Another piece of ADAM history preserved! 📚
#ColecoADAM #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #MicroInnovations #Preservation #8bit #BlueSCSI #SCSI #ComputerHistory
Almost 45 Years!!!!!
(1/01/2026)
As we enter 2026 we are headed towards the ColecoVisions 45th anniversary!!
What are you thoughts on this logo to represent this milestone?
What are you thoughts on this logo to represent this milestone?
