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adamcon

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  1. THANKS, you guys are the best! MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS to ALL ColecoVision & ADAM owners everywhere!
  2. That's more like it, Sol disappeared again, not died; just did the disappearing act. Shame, because despite all his faults, he did some great programs fo rthe ADAM.
  3. Depends on how many users want it and buy it Joe. We have the potential for a bunch of drivers, but if not too much interest, we won't produce them.
  4. well then you just have to make Christmas early! Like Dec 8 !!!!!!
  5. I have a few 1.44mb disk drives available. New disk drive controller board from MicroFox mated with a tested modified 3.5" disk drive, enclosed in an ADAM color matched enclosure with the same footprint as the original Coleco disk drive. Comes with power supply and compatible cable.
  6. Sadly, Richard is no longer with us. At an age over 90, he had medical problems and eventually passed away in April of 2022. He was a moving force in the ADAM & ColecoVision community for many many years. We were happy to know him thru his involvement in MTAG the Metro Ontario ADAM club and his work on many yearly conventions.
  7. On 1st glance, it appears that the printwheel is only hitting the top of the letter. Could be that your printwheel is not clicked into the slot which keeps it in place. It might be just turning some as the wheel revolves around and printing incorrect letters. Could also be bad printer logic board. OR it really IS printing in Axtec code.
  8. Rubbing alcohol and soft cotton cloth, vigerously rub back and forth on the read/write head to clean any gook off it so it is clean.
  9. First thing is to clean the heads repeatedly, that brings lots of drives back from the dead
  10. Luc, you came thru again with Christmas flying color. THANK YOU for all you do for the community! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !
  11. I know that slot 2 can support parallel printer w boot prom, or print card with hd pinout, or I believe the Powermate uses center to access hd/floppy unit
  12. Your thoughts are valid; the answers vague. Coleco intended at a minimum that ADAM could support a serial modem in slot 1, I believe a language card in slot 2, and a memory card in slot 3. They also used the external expansion on the side for the Auto Answer device. When orphaned and others charged onto the scene, they made larger memory expanders, serial modems, printer cards and all the rest. Basically, almost anything a developer wanted, the ADAM "could" provide in one form or other. Trysid made a slot 1 serial 1200 baud modem; MI made mem expanders for slot 3, ide cards for slot 1 & one for slot 2, and powermate hd's using slot 2 - w/ or w/out printer support etc. HLM/GMK did serial on the side port, 80 col video. and on and on. You just need to think outside the ADAM box and use whatever slot you need to and keep in mind what else might use that slot and conflict. IF you think it, you CAN do it!!!
  13. when ya'll figure it out, let us know NIAD. I have seen those also and wondered what and why they are there. I just assumed they altered the or added resistance to some pins they touched. What do i know?
  14. It takes just the right person to see it and it may not happen immediately
  15. I think you are cheap on price. ADAM = $200; disk drive = $250; 64k = $40; zip hd w/ IDE card = $100+
  16. That's like the see thru models of the 1960's of engines, animals, etc GOOD JOB
  17. Have various Panasonic 1080 & up, Epson, Gemini something, HP inkjets, and an IBM. Doug has a laser hooked to it. If it has a parallel port, it'll work.
  18. I know exactly what you are experiencing. I have had problems over the years with the ADAM New Network disks; some can simply be moved to .dsk format while others display raw data or ascii characters. Now what I do is zip everything up so that the end users can unzip with 7zip and put them wherever they desire.
  19. Do we have it somewhere in the "great somewhere" ?
  20. Neat, pick his brain then!
  21. NEAT!!!! Did he work for Coleco? Or just developed it on his own?
  22. Thanks Jim, that is what I was looking for AND I will check the Guide. I did replace read/write heads a few times and didn't know that fact - I just thought they were week heads Go figure..... THANKS
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