NIAD

Thanks for making this archive available for everyone! BTW, the ADAM's Desktop disk image will have to be replaced seeing as Jim Walters recently up'ed a fixed version on the Coleco ADAM Facebook page.

And I am more than glad to eat those words now that Else has returned and once again has shared his awesome work with the community.

Good Luck. I'd go for the easiest one which is probably the AY_Sound, but most interested in the 80 column board.

Calling MilliV ! If he or someone else does not respond here, try the Coleco ADAM Facebook page.

Not a big CP/M or T-DOS user as well, but I would stick with the T-DOS install programs that are on disk #1 to create your system disks and in the process, the system configuration is created. If you will be distributing a program for others to use, then best practice is to remove additional hardware from the ADAM to create a bare bones configuration of say one Data Drive and Disk Drive or supply the proper T-DOS install file for the end-user to configure according to their ADAM system setup. Actually MilliV might be able to better answer your questions.

You should try them under T-DOS v4.59 to see if they are compatible. They should be and then u have a standard 40 column display. Using Adamem/Virtual Adam, there is also built-in 80 column support for T-DOS using a switch option.

Enough with the April Fools joke already!

Send MilliV a PM on here or visit his website: http://adamware.us/ Here is a ADAM CP/M version of Turbo Pascal, but I don't know what version # it is. You can try it out using the ADAMem emulator. Turbo Pascal - Disk #01 (198x) (Unknown).dsk Turbo Pascal - Disk #02 (198x) (Unknown).dsk

Muchas gracias!

That is Adamcons website.

The IDE CF Card setup was updated to a Dual CF Card setup with 100Mb of storage along with numerous other updates to the menu program. It is still available thru ADAMcon. ADAMcon also released the Virtual Disk Drive (aka ADAMnet SD Drive) in 2016 that uses disk images and therefore is compatible with all ADAM software. The latest addition to the lineup of ADAM modern storage devices is the ADAMnet Drive Emulator (ADE) by Sean Myers and built by John Lundy. You can find all the info on this one in a thread on here as well as the Coleco ADAM Facebook page. So all our modern storage needs have been met and are available for purchase.

Neither am I, but I bit the bullet in this instance and having a former Coleco employee who was a big contributor to the development of the ADAM actively posting is all the initiative that one should need.

Monthly bump... down to 55 CIBs left.

You have to join the Coleco ADAM Facebook page and talk to former Coleco employee Howard E.

When they do.

Nailed it!!!

Dang it! I talked myself out of it back on 2/11/19. Isn't Energy Quiz the proto that Toby once owned many moons ago?

Nice one Nano! As soon as I saw Lunar Leeper, I knew it was an April Fools prank considering that was my guess for the CollectorVision proto that is yet to be revealed.

The Memory Expander pictured was made for and distributed thru E&T Software (Ed Jenkins). It uses 256K SIPP Memory Modules and can be upgraded in increments of 256K all the way up to 1Mb. I tested out quite a number of these that we sold thru NIAD, but they were always on a 256K populated board. I don't have much else to offer on this M.E. Attached are full schematics, silk screen, etc., etc. for the Micro innovations lineup of Memory Expander. Attached are pics of other Memory Expanders made for the ADAM... all install in Slot #3. Hopefully the Micro Innovations tech files will provide the necessary info you need for the memory addressing. Micro Innovations - 1Mb and 2Mb Memory Expander.zip Micro Innovations - 1Mb Memory Expander.zip Micro Innovations - 64K to 256K Memory Expander.zip 64K Memory Expander (Orphanware - CL Digital) - Schematics.pdf

Join the Coleco ADAM Facebook page and send a PM to John Lundy as he has made a couple runs already and looks like he has supplies to build another 15-20.

Indeed, it would have been nice if the 3 internal expansion slots could or would have been identical/standardized and expansion cards could be installed in whichever one the user preferred. There must be a reason for the way Coleco designed them, but someone with the hardware knowledge such as Rich Drushel (Dr. D) or Doug Slopsema would be the ones to ask. The center expansion slot (#2 as we always referred to it) is used for Parallel Interfaces which can also supply the Memory Addressor function needed for 256K and larger Memory Expanders. Some of these Parallel Interfaces also supply a Boot Prom socket for instant loading of the program on the prom such as the IDE CF driver or SmartBASIC. Micro Innovations also made Multi-Purpose Interface cards (MIB2 and MIB3) that installed in this slot that supplied everything just listed as well a 2 Serial Ports.

I hear you. I prefer to keep everything internal as well, but when you gotta go outside the box..... There is no way to piggyback anymore RAM onto the motherboard as you did with the first 64K expansion. I am pretty sure that the ADAM can handle an additional 128K of expansion RAM without the need for a memory addressor, but once you go to 192K and larger, a memory addressor is needed. You will have to ask Bob Slopsema (adamcon) or his son, Doug. I know they looked into cracking the GAL for years with no luck.

The ADE is better in numerous ways... - some VDD owners had issues with loading specific programs where communication with the Adam would be lost for some reason. No issues with the ADE. - up to 4 disk drives emulated at same time however the software program has to be configured to access all 4 so 2 is the norm. - access to 300 image files in the root versus the VDD's 100. - compatible with DDP image files as well as DSK image files - large disk image support - selectable image files thru an actual Adam menu program as well as thru the ADE unit - upgradeable thru USB port when new revisions are released - professionally assembled by John Lundy. - etc., etc., etc. There are more that you can view on Sean's GitHub website linked at the beginning of this thread as well as John Lundy's posts on the Coleco Adam Facebook page.

I remember seeing all the ads and reviews for it in magazines BITD and waiting for it to be released for the CV... which never happened. Anyway, I can't really say I love it because I never have played the game even thru emulation.

The MicroFox IDE CF Package is a Hard Drive setup for the ADAM where you have to setup the actual ADAM program on partitions, the operating system (EOS) has to be patched to recognize it and there are numerous EOS programs that are not compatible with it such as the Super Games. On the T-DOS side, it really shines! The MicroFox VDD and Sean Myers' ADE are disk drive emulators that use any and all disk images of ADAM software. Everything is compatible with these SD Card drives on the EOS or CP/M / T-DOS side. Think of these SD drives as owning an actual ADAM Disk Drive and mounting and unmounting disk images is like inserting and removing actual diskettes. Good news is that it's great to have both the IDE CF package and the VDD or ADE SD drive and you can use them in conjunction with one another. The SD drive emulators are the better choice for most and Sean Myers' ADE is the one to go with now.