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    Its standard to a point. You may need to simulate a carrier on the modem if you can not get the radio shack modem to work without a carrier - there are some AT commands that let you disable it. I used to connect my Adam to my PC and then transfer files that way.

     

    Milli

  2. Posted

    2 hours ago, rietveld said:

    Hi. Are there any limitations to using CP/M 2.2.   Since getting the ADE I have been moving over my old software to the ATOM

     

     

    "Adam" :) the only limitations is the screen size being 32 columns so you have to use the CTRL Arrow keys to scroll left and right. Other than that the Adam is a great CP/M machine.

     

    Milli

  4. Posted

    12 hours ago, Mike Harris said:

    Someone out there knows a heck of a lot better than I do being I am like an intermediate newbie.

    Underneath the later ADAM R80 Eproms is a piece of film with a pin on each end.
    I suspect they are a modification to use newer types of chips but can someone tell me what they really are and what they are used for.

    Its a resistor pack

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  5. Posted

    11 hours ago, Mike Harris said:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T9RKD2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

     

    Solder lines to your power supply plug.

    Connect to a power line.

    Works perfectly at least the one I bought.

    Of course this is a quick and dirty way to write this but that is the basics.
    As part of a larger guide I am going to put this in my blog along with the disk drive emulator and RECAP.

     

    I am not the first one to do any of this so any one of these guide should do.
    However, I am suggesting that if you change the power supply to something more stable and strong that you might want to RECAP your ADAM for a smoother ride for years to come.

    I plugged my ADAM in that was never used and it blew a TANT cap which controlled the 12 volt line.
    Meaning all of these old parts can go at any time.

    Same supply I use though I get it from Jameco for about $5 less

  6. Posted

    The norm is more disk image now - more and more users are moving to the emulator or to microSD - as in all the other retro groups. I don't own disk drives and the data drives I have are used to make DDP's for people. I use microSD and emulator exclusively.

     

    And its a bit more than what you say - 1k versus 64k (up to 2mb). Keyboard, expansion slots, data drive, disk drive, printers, composite out - ability to load any colecovision game from data drive, disk or microSD card (see http://adamware.us) and many more options.

     

    Milli

  7. Posted

    11 hours ago, FiveJay said:

    I tried searching for this topic, but I couldn’t find it. If it already exists, sorry about that! Please let me know the link, then, as I’ve had trouble finding results that were helpful to me. 

     

    I’m new to the Adam, and I took a chance on a cheap auction that has no printer. I’ve seen vague references to other options, but I couldn’t find many details. For new folks and non-technical folks, can we have a list of all the known alternatives for power supplies other than the giant printer that wipes tapes when it’s turned on? I’ve heard it’s possible to make one, but how does a newbie go about doing that? Detailed info on any alternatives would be great!

     

    I can update this top post with all the different suggestions so it’s easy for new folks to find. 

     

    Thanks for your help, everyone!

    If you don't want me to install it for you, you can do it yourself - I have videos on my channel showing how
     

     

     

    And here

     

     

     

    Glen Planamento also has one using the same supply externally
     

     

     

    Or you can have me do it :) - as I said in the email conversation your first bet is to determine if it works before ordering parts and fixing it, that's why I suggested shipping it to me FOC to give it a once over..

     

    Milli

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  9. Posted

    6 hours ago, mumbai said:

    I see. If its purpose is to serve as an archive, is the question whether it's not needed given the lack of direct submissions?

     

     

    What I'm trying to wrap my mind around is the basis for your sense it might be a waste of your time/resources/whatever. Is there a target submission or usage rate that you feel warrants continuing with the site? Or is this a gentle reminder that the site as such exists? :)

     

     

    In simplest terms - it is a very simple place full of a lot of software and stuff for the Adam user and my point was - I guess I didn't make it very clear - instead of uploading software to facebook (and here) where it is not readily available or organized in anyway that the archive should be used.

  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, mumbai said:

     

    (Don't traffic on Facebook, so this is news to me...)

     

    I guess I don't understand the question w/r/t time-wasting at first glance. I had taken the primary purpose of the site as making ADAM software accessible to others. Granted, I haven't plumbed the depths of what's there now, but is it possible there are few contributions made thus far because the bulk of it is already available there?

     

    It's also unclear to me where the "here" is that people put things on rather than post them to adamarchive.org ... Facebook? AtariAge? Elsewhere? I assume you're scooping those materials up and placing them on your site manually (maybe not), so I don't know whether the problem is lack of input or lack of interest on the part of others to cross-post to your site without your direct intervention.

     

    Or am I missing some larger issue?

     

    HI - as I said it was a cross post from facebook so the relevant parts about "here" etc is for facebook but it also would be of interest to those here since am not sure if many Adam users on here are aware of the things that is being posted on facebook, the new software etc unless someone comes along (like NIAD) to cross post it here.

     

    As for uploading to the archive - it is just that, an archive - if Adam users have software they have written - upload it - it is not a commercial games depository :)

     

    Milli

  11. Posted

    I originally posted this on FaceBook but since many here don't like social media I will cross post it - some of it applies here:

     

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    Morning all - serious question - am I wasting my time with adamarchive.org? The reason I ask is nobody is uploading anything to it (ok - I had 3 uploads because I asked). When new disk or data images are found, new scans are made or if you just want to contribute it takes all of 1 second to go there, click on the uploads and upload it - no registration required, no email - no nothing. So much simpler than putting things on here for no one to be able to use. So I ask - is the site a waste of time and money? I can tell it is getting used, over a 25,000 hits this month - the largest amount of traffic being the CP/M folder - but only 3 uploads :(

     

    Milli

  12. Posted

    I uploaded Turbo Pascal 1.0 in a CPM image to adamarchive.org - click on the updats link on the home page to see it. It contains tinst.com which lest you install turbo pascal for the various terminals. I also uploads CBasic from DRI (3 disks) which is a compiled basic.

     

    Milli

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  17. Posted

    Could you not make it so that it is a drop in replacement for the Microfox CF/IDE that exists? Then the drivers are already there. On the Con side, I think the IDE is more of a dead end, the microSD route has more potential, especially since with the VDD you can have a 64mb native eos image and with the ADE in the gigabytes, all on a card you can put in your PC and access also with ADAMem (well a 32mb image - adam em has a limitation) :)

     

    Milli

  19. Posted

    I'll post this here but the discussion will be on FB

    I have just finished reverse engineering how CP/M sets up the VDP. For those of you that want access graphics in CP/M here is the basic CPM VDP setup

     

    Notes: CPM breaks the screen up into thirds: TOP, MID, BOT
    CPM uses a sprite for the cursor

    0000h - 07FFh Font patterns for the top 8 lines of screen

    0800h - 0FFFh Font patterns for the middle 8 lines of screen

    1000h - 17FFh Font patterns for the bottom 8 lines of screen

    1800h - 18FFh Characters for the top 8 lines

    1900h - 19FFh Characters for the middle 8 lines

    1A00h - 1AFFh Characters for the bottom 8 lines

    1B00h - 1FFFh Unused, CP/M may use for scratch RAM

    2000h - 27FFh Colors for the top 8 lines of the screen

    2800h - 3FFFh Colors for the middle 8 lines of the screen

    3000h - 37FFh Colors for the bottom 8 lines of the screen

    3800h - 387Fh Sprite Data, 128 bytes used for cursor

    3880h - 38FFh Sprite attributes

    3900h - 3FFFh Unused, CP/M may use for scratch RAM

    Milli

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  20. Posted

    I would say you have a bad RAM chip(s), something wasn't clearing / when you started it and now it just happens to be a dead RAM chip(s). For example the VDP had a standing Mario sprite setup and when the program went to make it not visible by moving it off the screen the RAM did not update, leaving it on the screen.

     

    Also did you leave the RF modulator hooked up so you can verify that it is not the composite mod?

     

    Milli

  21. Posted

    So I made a little progress in figuring this out via the Hacker's guide and the Adam technical reference and it looks like ports 190 and 191 on the Z80 are mapped to the VDP and I should be able to access it using an OUT instruction in assembly. I need to experiment a bit though because the Hacker's guide does not give any examples on how to do it in practice.

    Unfortunately, the OUT instruction is throwing a syntax error every time during assembly with the ASM assembler under CP/M even though I know my syntax is correct. 

    OUT (C),B

    This should work, transferring the 8-bit contents of register B to the port referenced by register C.

    Does anyone here have any experience with the OUT instruction on the Adam?

    HI - I have TONS of experience with programming the Adam and the z80 - it is better to contact me on FB or via email - I do not come on here often

     

    William "Milli" Hicks

  22. Posted

    On this topic. When I have tried to use ADAM Image Maker, it seems to corrupt the files. I have tried moving basic programs to a .dsk file and the programs are always corrupt.

    Are you copying to DDP images or DSK images? DSK images are interleaved and DDP are not. I wrote a little utility to convert DDP to an interleaved image since the Emulator nor the VDD or ADE care about the size of the image. I'd share the utility but you need a 32 bit processor or DosBOX to use it since I like to write my utilities in Turbo Basic, a 1987 Borland program - I know I'm weird.

     

    Milli

  23. Posted

    Version 1.0 of Image Manager for the ADE is now available at: http://adamware.us/ImageManager.php

     

    Version 1 corrects a sorting issue, has a number of speed enhancements and adds Smart Keys. You can now use the smart keys to assign images to each of the 4 virtual disk drives and then reboot the system with the for drives setup. This eliminates the need to use the ADE controls for assigning images to the drives.

     

    Milli

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  25. Posted

    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.

    Upload it to the archive :)

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