scalpel Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have had the opportunity to test "Macadam" today ! And my cassette works very well. Good new ! But after a few minutes, have a look my Adam Printer... wow ! But, I tried again, and it works... but I'm afraid to test it for a long while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Looks like you need one of Rey's power supplies! According to his thread, there are still spots open for his next run! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225861-coleco-adam-power-supply/?p=3392569 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 At this point I'd be very afraid to use that thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yeah, power supplies do that...A few months ago I had my Atari 8-bit power supply plugged in and left the room for a minute. When I came back, the thing was smoking. I'm lucky it didn't start a fire. Needless to say, but I don't leave any of my old equipment powered up anymore unless I'm right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Oltmans Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have had the opportunity to test "Macadam" today ! And my cassette works very well. Good new ! But after a few minutes, have a look my Adam Printer... wow ! But, I tried again, and it works... but I'm afraid to test it for a long while... Wow! That is crazy. I doubt Macadam is responsible though. I have used it in the past to create a couple of small pieces of code so it definitely does the job, but I can't recall if I had a printer attached at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpel Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Wow! That is crazy. I doubt Macadam is responsible though. I have used it in the past to create a couple of small pieces of code so it definitely does the job, but I can't recall if I had a printer attached at the time. Indeed Sure, it's not because Macadam. You mean you have an original cassette of Macadam ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Oh man ;( ... Ya, see Rey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Oh man ;( ... Ya, see Rey THE BEAST!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JihemB Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Hi. The Adam printer that emits smoke is more and more often these years. It is because one of the 3 paper filtering capacitors (aka RIFA 0,001 µF) from the main PSU get burnt because of its age. Since this capacitor purpose is to limit system from been disturb because of PSU electric noise it can be ignored for a while but it is better to replace it. BTW : Here in France I bought a "Macadam Assembleur" tape from eBay with the box and the French user manual but unfortunately the Data Pack inside the box wasn't the right one. Would it be possible to make me a copy of the tape, unless a .SDP or .DSK image can be found somewhere ? JihemB Edited August 20, 2018 by JihemB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamcon Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Hi. The Adam printer that emits smoke is more and more often these years. It is because one of the 3 paper filtering capacitors (aka RIFA 0,001 µF) from the main PSU get burnt because of its age. Since this capacitor purpose is to limit system from been disturb because of PSU electric noise it can be ignored for a while but it is better to replace it. BTW : Here in France I bought a "Macadam Assembleur" tape from eBay with the box and the French user manual but unfortunately the Data Pack inside the box wasn't the right one. Would it be possible to make me a copy of the tape, unless a .SDP or .DSK image can be found somewhere ? JihemB It IS out there in cyberspace, because it is on the Virtual Disk Drive. Don' t know where it came from, but I will try and track down a copy of the .dsk file. Millie V has it on disk.................. http://retrosystemrescue.com/product/coleco-adam-programming-disks/ OR here it is in .dsk format - as you requested MacADAM.dsk Edited August 21, 2018 by adamcon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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