Skiing & Horse Racing

[Skiing & Horse Racing]

Guess Jim will have to eat his words now...

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.

[Seeed Packets - Hurrah, it must be Spring.]

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

[Issue with TDOS and Virtual Adam]

I noticed that TDOS does not have the standard CP/M programs like ED, DDT, ASM and LOAD which are needed for assembly programming. Does it have equivalents for them by any chance?

Calling MilliV !

 

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

[Issue with TDOS and Virtual Adam]

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.

[Looking for Turbo Pascal 3 disks]

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.

[Lunar Leeper for Colecovision (was: Prototype found!)]

Soon to be available from a known publisher

Enough with the April Fools joke already!

[Looking for Turbo Pascal 3 disks]

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

[Coleco Adam ADE Software]

Muchas gracias!

[Coleco IDE card & CV/ADAM Technical Manuals]

That is Adamcons website.

[Coleco IDE card & CV/ADAM Technical Manuals]

Hi.

As a newcomer to the ADAM, I was wondering what the current state of modern storage on the ADAM was. The last post here dates from 2012, and most of the sites I have been to are either long dead or severely outdated...

Frankly, the current ADAM landscape seems pretty barren, unless I'm missing something...

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.

[DIY Pad]

Once again thank you for the advice... but for this instance I'm sorry to say I'm not a social media fan.

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.

[NIAD's Sales Thread - all items sold]

Monthly bump... down to 55 CIBs left.

[DIY Pad]

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

[Another unreleased CV game found and preserved!]

Now april 1st is over, when are you going to release the rom and the cartridge?

When they do.

[Yet, another ColecoVision Vaporware]

Nailed it!!!

[Another unreleased CV game found and preserved!]

Hmmm...

 

Cabbage Patch Kids: Workout.... nah

 

Energy Quizz.... nah

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?

[Lunar Leeper for Colecovision (was: Prototype found!)]

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.

[Coleco ADAM RAM Expansion options - Advice please]

I've been trying to reverse engineer the board in the piccies. Sorry I can't remember what thread I found it on but it appealed to me as the design seems to potentially support stupid amounts of RAM - about 2mb? But a conjunction of 'missing' info and running out of brain has left me a bit stuck.

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

[ADAMnet Drive Emulator by Sean Myers]

Hello All,

 

This may be a stupid question but I just recently got my Coleco Adam and I am loving it but I have looked high and low and cannot locate a real floppy drive or the old SD emulator option. I am hearing about this new project but this might be just beyond my skills to put together is any one Interested in putting together of these things for me and shipping it to me , I would be happy to pay a very reasonable price for it. If not no worries and I will watch the project with interest to see if anything goes into production.

 

Thanks again in advance.

 

 

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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.

[Interest in Dual Serial / 80Column (CP/M) Board for the ADAM?]

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.

[Interest in Dual Serial / 80Column (CP/M) Board for the ADAM?]

@tNIAD:

:-) Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I think you're right. It's just I don't like having things dangling out of my machines, hence my reluctance to use the side port...

...but I guess that's an excuse to design a case too!

I have to admit I upgraded my ADAM with an extra 64k by piggy-backing RAMs over the originals. Even more memory would be nice, especially if that proves useful for CP/M or TDOS. I must see if I can find a schematic for that too, if I can find one.

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.

 

Might I ask a question? This card is a shameless clone of the MI_2SERB1 card as it's design suited my needs and as I suck at coding I didn't want to get in to trying to write my own drivers - especially as I'm really new to the ADAM...

...as mentioned above I'm not at all sure I did a functional job of reverse-engineering the GAL for that card. I don't suppose you know if there's a place where I can download the origial .JED file for use in my own GAL?

If that's not possible / not on I quite understand. I can always keep my fingers crossed that my version actually works... of as a last resort do it in TTL.

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.

[ADAMnet Drive Emulator by Sean Myers]

How is this new SD drive better than the one I bought a couple years ago? What are the new features?

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.

[Another unreleased CV game found and preserved!]

 

You really love Dino Eggs, don't you?

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.

[ADAMnet Drive Emulator by Sean Myers]

This looks pretty great!

 

Can anyone comment on the differences between this and the MicroFox CF flash interface (which I currently have)? A big one is obviously SD -vs- CF which are becoming harder to find. Just wondering what some of the functional differences/improvements are.

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.

[FS: Coleco Adam Computer. ****SOLD****]

 

I know someone who had a Adam Colecovision they wanted to get rid of, I can check if they still have it if you like. Are the combo units desirable at all?

The Stand Alone (with CV built-in) is more desirable because of the smaller form factor and Composite Video output option, but any confirmed working Adam is desirable and will find a buyer.