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Keep them, huh? I was thinking they were the main thing I DON'T need or feel any attachment toward... I agree about the extras. I am kindof holding off on selling anything until I can get my system working to test stuff. But I am impatient at best... :-)

Well, at least I know what I have now! It is a stand-alone memory console. Now if only my little adapter would arrive from ebay.....

Hi all, I just joined and am trying to get some of my stuff set up so that I have a working system for playing colecovision games (that is a topic for another post). However, I have a lot more stuff that might be of better use to someone else, so I sat down today and took inventory to see what I really have. I have a lot more than I realized! I don't know enough to be sure if I have anything of interest to a collector, and I know I have more research to do if I do want to sell some of it, but this is step one and I am proud of myself. So I couldn't resist sharing it with someone who might be as interested as I am in such things. This seems like the right place. So here's my list, if anyone cares to look. Does anyone see anything that is rare, or interesting? Besides the games being AWESOME, of course, do I have anything good? (Also, I know I have data packs for much of the software, but I can't find them, so right now I just have cases and manuals. Of course.) Hardware 2 ADAM consoles (not sure if stand alone Adam or the expansion module 3 version). 1 has 1 data drive, 1 has 2 data drives 2 ADAM printers 2 ADAM keyboards with cords 2 ADAM 5 ¼ inch disk drives with connecting cords, 2 Disk Drive Power Supplies, and 1 manual ADAM Disk Manager Disk Operating System (D.O.S.) Disk Colecovision Roller Controller with 2 beige controllers 1 black Colecovision controller Books ADAM Word Processing Programming Manual – Revised Edition by Deborah J Miller & Deborah Q Voosen, copyright 1983 Robert J Brady Co. BASIC Conversion Handbook by Brian, Oviate, Paquin, & Stone. Published by Radioshack Software Recipe Filer – manual, case Smart Filer – manual, case Flashcard Maker – manual, case Smart Letters & Forms – manual, case ExperType – manual, case, insert card with keyboard pic on it ADAM SmartWRITER Easy Reference Guide 3 (blank?) data cassettes Games for ADAM Dragon's Lair-manual (for disk or cassette game, not cartridge version, if that ever existed) Wacky Word Games – case, manual ADAM Super Game Pack: Buck Rogers, Planet of Zoom – manual Floppies labeled as containing the following games: Chateau (2 copies), Blackjack, Werewolves & Wanderer Monkey Academy – case, cartridge Choplifter – manual, cartridge Dr. Seuss Fix Up the Mix Up Puzzler – case, cartridge, manual Telly Turtle – case, cartridge Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop – case, cartridge, manual Jukebox (Spinnaker Software) – case, cartridge Donkey Kong- 2 cartridges Turbo (The Official Turbo by Sega) – cartridge Miner 2049er by Microfun – cartridge Frogger – 2 cartridges Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle – cartridge Artillery Duel by Xonox – cartridge Mousetrap – cartridge Zaxxon – cartridge Omega Race – cartridge Frenzy – cartridge Mr. Do! - cartridge Pepper II – cartridge Venture – cartridge Slither – cartridge Wargames – cartridge Donkey Kong Junior – cartridge Ken Uston Blackjack/Poker - cartridges Qbert – cartridge Star Wars The Arcade Game – cartridge

You didn't mention in your post if this was a stand alone Adam or the expansion module 3 version, which has to be plugged into the expansion port of a regular ColecoVision. The reason this matters is because the stand alone Adam uses a different output than the module 3 version. The stand alone Adam uses a composite output, while the plug in adam uses an RF output. An RF output looks very much like an RCA jack, in fact you can plug one into a ColecoVision, but it won't work. If this is the model you have you can purchase an RF to coax converter at radio shack for $5 or so and hook it up to any tv that has a coax input but you will need the original RF cable not an RCA cable. I hope this helps you out. This must be it! My ADAM stands alone; it doesn't need to be plugged into anything else to work. However, it does not have a composite output, just one that looks like a single RCA jack. So maybe I have the expansion module 3 version and don't know it. Who knows. I have a converter coming via ebay, so maybe that will work. But you've managed to put together why someone else I asked kept telling me just to plug in the RCA cable, and why the video RCA didn't work out of my ADAM. Thanks!

Thanks for the info! See, I actually have this cable; it is the one that was used to hook the ADAM up to the monitor we used to use, before it died. It doesn't have yellow--(it's black)--but I'm sure that's just because it is 25-odd years old. But when I set it up like this, with it plugged into the RCA input of the tv, no signal was found. That's why I'm getting concerned that the ADAM console (both of them, actually) is broken, though it worked last time we used it. Now, though, I'm thinking it could be that the cable is bad. It IS really old, and probably has some grunginess... I have ordered the RF/RCA adapter that retroillucid recommended, so I may try that option out. There are just so many factors, so many parts that could be bad or dirty or whatnot, that it is a challenging process. I may look into purchasing other cables and trying things, but I need to be careful that they are either cheap or returnable in case my experimenting doesn't work. But damn, those games were good. I can't wait to play them. Someday. Thanks for the help! I'm learning a lot pretty quickly. I tend to be good at figuring this stuff out, but there is a gap of knowledge that is getting in my way here. Cathy

Sweet. I can use that to test it. Do you know if I can use it for the HD tv? I was hoping to give the old, little tv to someone and might not have it much longer.

Oh, like an old rf coaxial cable for cable tv? I see...the adapter goes on the ADAM end, not the tv end. (Sorry for sounding dumb.) This adam was given to us when I was 10 by someone else, so I never saw the original stuff that came with it. Just the way he set it up for us.

Thanks! What kind of cable would I use? is the yellow video one I have right? Or is there one that does video and audio? And from the Monitor output, right? :-)

Hi, A few years ago, we cleaned out my mom's house of 20 years and, when the Adam computer was being considered for the chopping block, I snagged it, having hopes of either getting it to work and/or selling it to a collector of some sort. I had no idea at the time that there was such a following! I have many games and some software, as well as 2 printers, 2 consoles, 2 keyboards, and 2 floppy drives with power packs. It is a decent collection, if I could only figure out what to do with it now. I really only have interest in it so that I can play all the old colecovision games; the actual home computer software and such isn't really of interest to me. That being said, I have tried at various times to get it working by attaching it to a TV (we had a monitor for it, but I remember it broke so we stopped using the computer), but I have not had any luck. I am now on a mission! But I need some help, so that I can figure out if the system is not working or if I have it hooked up wrong. Can anyone answer the following questions? 1. Is it possible to hook the ADAM up to an LCD HD tv? 1A. If so, I assume I use an RCA cable, but how? The computer attached to the monitor via a cable that went from the Auxillary Video plug (it is round with 5 pins) to the back of the monitor with 3 plugs, a red, white, and black (I'm assuming that's RCA). But when I just plug that into the tv's RCA port, no signal gets sent. 1B. So then I tried a video cable (1 part of an RCA) from the Monitor plug in the back of the ADAM to the Video input of the RCA port on the TV. That didn't work either. 2. If I need an older TV to hook it up, how do I hook it up then? (I pulled out an old TV that only has an RF input. Got an RF modulator to translate the signal and tried the same RCA options as above with the other TV. Still nothing.) 3. Does anyone have a picture of how the all the hookups go? I'm visual that way, but I can't find any on the internet. 4. Maybe the connections are bad or dirty. Is there a way I should clean the part the cartridge goes in or something? 5. If this continues to not go well for me, I am wondering if there is anyone in the Boston area with a working set-up that would be willing to help me test my equipment to see what works, so I can try to sell it or give it to someone who can use it. (I need to be able to say if it works or not in order to sell it, I assume.) BTW, the power is working because the printer and the cassette start moving when I turn it on. Any advice? Or should I just try to sell it to someone as is and buy a colecovision console for my games? Thanks for looking! I know it's a long post, especially for my first. I've really been enjoying reading the forums! Cathy