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by admin
Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:02 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: CV/ADAM Developers RS-232 for CGP/Project Name By Line
Replies: 3
Views: 788

Re: ADAM Prototype Serial/Parallel Unit

Attached is a preliminary review of the project. We would appeciate any constructive feedback and insight you can provide!!!!

Coleco_Development_Tools_Documentation_v4.6.pdf
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by admin
Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:00 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: CV/ADAM Developers RS-232 for CGP/Project Name By Line
Replies: 3
Views: 788

Re: ADAM Prototype Serial/Parallel Unit

Great News and information coming. John Lundy of LundyElectronics.com was able to test and repair this unit. We are now further analysing it and its relation to the software that utilized it Coleco Graphics Processor (C.G.P.)/Project Name By Line.

Muchmore to come.

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by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 11:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: You show me yours and I'll show you mine... ADAM that is!
Replies: 3
Views: 31547

Re: You show me yours and I'll show you mine... ADAM that is!

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by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Digital Data Drive Replacing Rubber Roller
Replies: 0
Views: 698

Digital Data Drive Replacing Rubber Roller

Digital Data Drive Replacing Rubber Roller
by doubledown

If you have a Digital Data Drive that runs a tape all the way to the end, then starts making a clunking noise, without loading a program, you should check to see if the Digital Data Drive has rubber on the pinch roller. The problem can be ...
by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 6:09 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Care of the ADAM Digital Data Drive
Replies: 0
Views: 1084

Care of the ADAM Digital Data Drive

The Care of the ADAM
Digital Data Drive
by Claude Ferland

"Coleco data drives are prone to error." How many of you have heard this statement or read about it in assorted ADAM articles? My limited experience tells me that, on the average, this is true. Can anything be done to help minimize the error ...
by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:50 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Using ADAM and the EVE VD-MB 80 Column Unit to Access ADAMLink III+
Replies: 0
Views: 1123

Using ADAM and the EVE VD-MB 80 Column Unit to Access ADAMLink III+

Using ADAM and the EVE
VD-MB 80 Column Unit to
Access ADAMLink III+
by Bob Slopsema

EDITOR'S NOTE: The EVE VD-MB 80 Column Unit was produced by Eve Electronics in 1986 and was the first 80 column unit made available for use on the ADAM. However, this unit is no longer produced since Eve closed down ...
by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:40 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ADAM Disk Drive Test Procedure
Replies: 1
Views: 521

R.I.D. DISK DRIVE TESTER

R.I.D. DISK DRIVE TESTER
"Coleco's Disk Drive Test Software"
by Phil Kosowsky

The most useful disk drive software that Coleco made that the average person can use is R.I.D., which stands for Recording Interchange Diagnostics Test, and is now available in the Public Domain. To get started, place the ...
by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:32 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: A LOOK AT THE ADAMOUSE
Replies: 0
Views: 995

A LOOK AT THE ADAMOUSE

A LOOK AT THE ADAMOUSE
By Ronald Collins

This file is the work of the Akron BBS Sysop - Ron Collins (From N.O.A.H. -- Northern Ohio Adam Hackers).

Well, I have just acquired the "pivotal point" in Adam hardware for the next few years. It's been called a lot of things by a wide range of computer ...
by admin
Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:28 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Large Directories
Replies: 0
Views: 1009

Large Directories

At the last V.I.S.A. meeting the question of the whys and how's of multi-block directories came up. For the benefit of those who were not able to be there, I will repeat a little of what was said, and provide some additional useful information on the subject.

With the ADAM, a disk or DDP has two ...