Milli Vee

What ever happened to this? Did it become the MicroFox VDD or is this different? Milli

Anyone have any printer cables laying around ( see picture )? Either loose or attached to dead printers? If you do I would like to buy them from you for the power supplies I am building ( getting 18 gauge db9 cables is impossible and I suck at soldering ). MIlli FYI this is the finished prototype in action : https://www.facebook.com/milli.v.hicks/videos/1085279424971126/

Thats ugly Milli

I finally got to the TI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVZkZ-4CgMY Milli

You are correct

Long awaited video on rebuilding a Coleco Adam Printer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YkFOC92NMA Milli

I have begun assembling the prototype. Milli

I just added utility at http://adamware.us/ that may fix some issues with the VDD. If you have one please download it and let me know. Milli

It's nice to see others using software you write Milli

If it emulates an Adam and lets you load Adam disk images - I would say yes - as long as the it allows non standard image sizes Milli

I have the support site up for any / all software I create. The first 2 volumes of the Colecovision experience is available on there if you have a VDD or use the emulator (which is also on there). http://adamware.us Milli

Ordered the parts for the new power supplies, I should have photos / video of the finished power supply next week

I'm not sure how OS 7 handles the controller (if it is different than EOS) but I don't think it would be the same case. Hardware wise they (CV and Adam) are the same at the controller level, the controller is on the CV board.

I don't see an option to delete the previous post which came out all @#$^%$. What I meant to say was if anyone is programming on the Adam in z80 and using EOS there is an error in the programmers manual and here is the correction: http://smartbasic.net/2018/08/26/error-in-e-o-s-programmers-manual/ Milli

Thanks

The Adam archive

The project announcement is in another thread - this one is great for discussing why things dont work

The ColecoVision Experience (Volume I & II) is new software written to take advantage of the VDD. Each volume is a 2mb image that contains over 60 Colecovision cartridge games that you can load from an easy to navigate menu on the Adam or within the ADAMem emulator. There will be more software from ADAM-WARE soon. This is the Beta version, once I am sure all of the ROM files work I will remove the beta instructions. http://smartbasic.net/2018/08/24/new-adam-software-colecovision-experience-volume-i-ii/ Milli

I would assume it sets us 32x24 display, loads the default font, sets the default colors, toggles interrupts on (since this vector is loaded form a cartridge) and minimum enables sprites and attributes. As for any graphic displays I think it leaves that for the cartridge. If you pull the CV reset on an Adam (or just turn on the CV) all the Z80 does is a jp 0 where the OS 7 ROM is. I make this assumption because I am using 40x24 mode when I load in cartridge dumps and when I toggle OS 7 in and jp 0 it corrects the video. Milli

Getting closer to making all of the cartridge dumps work correctly. I am really surprised that no one hit upon that simple method of copy protecting cartridges when it came to making copies for use on the adam, Add in a simple OUT (07Fh),3 at the start of the cartridge code. These sets up Adams memory for OS 7 in lower 32k, Cartridge in upper 32k. Totally defeats any copying of the code to ram with the adam. You would have wanted to take it further and have code somewhere else check to make sure no one removed the OUT from the startup code but it is simple and elegant. (Home brewers take note ) BTW there are 2 methods of starting a rom cartridge dump in ram when you move it there, one is a simple jp 0 to reset the CV board, it doesnt change the RAM setup so the CV board believes that a cartridge is in there. The other, to bypass any CV startup routines is: ld hl,(0800Ah) push hl ret This loads the starting address for the cartridge code and jumps right in. It should avoid any CV title screen and other processes. Milli

Im making a list of ones that wont work with the code I have - if they all didnt work I would say my code - but since over 1/2 do it has to be the rom files - yet they do run in AdamEM in CV mode Milli

Ok I have a question that maybe one of the original Adam owners may have an answer to. Back in the day (hate that saying) did some cartridge programmers / makers add in code to disable the use of copies of the cartridge in Adam's RAM, ie do an OUT (07fh),15 to setup the memory for OS 7 in lower 32k and Cartridge in upper 32k? This would have no effect on the colecovision but would effectively break a copy of the cart running in RAM on an Adam since after this OUT there would be no cartridge to run? Milli

It doesn't need a selector switch - it does it internally: Input Voltage (VAC) 88 to 264 Input Frequency 47 to 63 Milli

Yes this is the power supply that I found 2 years ago and have been using since then on multiple systems (my post was Glenn's inspiration). I am created a custom system around this that will be available next month: http://smartbasic.net/2018/08/02/coleco-adam-replacement-power-supply-project/ Milli

This is part of an interview I gave to Justin for his blog. It basically sums up my answer to practical applications: What would you say to fellow Adam computer owners? This is easy. Take any and all of the Colecovision cartridges you have and put them away where you can't see them. Then put in a Smart Basic tape, disk or image, or if you do not have it, Smart Logo or CP/M with even the built in ASM. Then using the manual and / or the internet, write a program. Start out with Hello World and work from there.Try to make a tic tac toe game, a number guessing game, a simple demo. Do something to feel how you have power over the computer, that when you sit in front of the keyboard you are "god". What you say matters, and if it doesnt work, there is always the reset button. And when you are done - take a picture of it and post it online. These days we have the ability to share everything with people who have the same interests. The Adam and other 8 bit computers give you the ability to understand and actually control technology, don't use them for entertainment, use them to empower yourself, to increase your knowledge of the computer world we live in.