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Coleco ADAM Memory Expander

That Old Nerd · Memory Expansion
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Catalogue IDHW-0217
ManufacturerThat Old Nerd
TypeMemory Expansion (Expansion)
Connects viaInternal Expansion Slot #3
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
Manufacturer site https://github.com/ThatOldNerd?tab=repositories&fbclid=IwAR1HQlRncMXclv8NAuqTxTqP-LqYP5Y-2mwrEH_jNNb0wJTgibRX9LjrPXA
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

A modern memory expander for the Coleco ADAM.

What memory does

  • 64K takes it to 144K and gives SmartWRITER more workspace, which is the upgrade ordinary ADAM software actually benefits from.
  • Anything larger needs an addressor card, and only CP/M and T-DOS can use the surplus - as a RAM disk, which is the fastest storage the machine has.

That someone is still designing memory cards for a 1983 computer is the point worth recording. This catalogue holds expanders from Coleco, Orphanware, Micro Innovations, MicroFox, E&T, Eve, Spectrum Electronics, CharlesMouse, Lundy and now That Old Nerd - four decades of the same idea.