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  1. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    Looking for a decent priced ADAM Disk drive to recover my 80's work to use with my VDD.

     

    The unfortunate problem is everyone on EBAY truly believes that this is a one of a kind collectors item made of gold.

     

    I recently debated with a guy that even said there were broken pieces, for parts or repair, no refunds, could not prove it worked and wanted $300.

    This guy won't return my emails to clarify content...

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Coleco-ADAM-5-1-4-Disk-Drive-In-Box-Colecovision-Family-Computer-5-25-Floppy/333252940591?hash=item4d976c532f:g:bEEAAOSwBcVctOyn:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!33584!US!-1

     

    He wants collector $$, advertises in Box yet only shows half a Styrofoam container nor CIB
     

    Another wants Collector $$ but has no power supply.

    You see what I am facing.

    Does anyone out there have a working drive for sale at a reasonable price.
     

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  2. Posted

    20 hours ago, mr_me said:

    River West Brands did not buy Coleco anything.  They simply registered the  unused trademarks.  No they did not register the Adam trademark.

    I only bring it up so if I can be authentic when I finalize my Super Games.
    I really would like to use the ADAM logo and if they are going to have a fit over the Colecovision then it's a no brainer.

  4. Posted

    Thanks.
    I've followed Tony's entire series.  He's the one who got me started.
    Helped me out of a few jams but unfortunately my thirst for knowledge has outgrown what his series has to offer.

    What I really would like is Coleco Z80 source code.
    I can find games for all kinds of z80 based systems but not a whole lot for Colecovision so it's a crawl but I have found that if I work really hard at it then I really retain that knowledge.
    Take a break and rethink it, sit on the toilet and have a breakthrough.
     

    I started last year around Thanksgiving then stopped the project for about a month and when I started up again double my code because I took a break.
     

  5. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    So now that I have an animated bat running around.
    The wings flap so fast as they are a blur but if I put in a resting routine it slows down the whole game.

     

    Anyone else figure this one out with sprite animation within a game?
     

    I am reminded of Montezuma's revenge with rolling skulls and what not but is there a way to animate sprites in Z80 like after a scan line?

     

    All input is welcome.

    Like I've said from the beginning, this game is my learning curve.

  6. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    Quote "Mike, I do not advertise my own stuff like that, even in support threads."

     

    Quote "ColEm Deluxe for Android is currently on the $1.99 sale at Google Play:"

    Lets not play, you are defending your business and attack those who comment negatively instead of just fixing your product.

    Just the simple fact that you refuse to inform me about true Coleco Palette and giving me the runaround tells all.

    As far as I was concerned I wasn't going to engage you at all ever again until you had to start today.

    I have my own issues developing Coleco software than to deal with you anymore so MARAT, you stay on your side of the planet and I will stay on mine.

    Have a nice day.

  7. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    Thank you...I already am, one that is not for sale and actually works.

    How about learn "Modern" programing because being stuck in the DOS era is not doing you justice.

    As I mentioned in my last post.  I got your emulator working by using Admin privileges.
    Why you need admin for a nothing emulator is beyond my comprehension but you might want to address that the next time you compile it with your Windows 98, 286 based PC.

  8. Posted

    No longer works again and I changed nothing.

    Alt page up or down does nothing.

     

    No sound going out to the sound mixer at all.

    I used the menu to turn off sound then back to 22khz default. One loud beep then nothing.

     

    Fixed it.
    Apparently he set this up to HAVE TO run as administrator.

    Why something this rinky dink would need high level and secure access is beyond my pay grade.

  15. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    Until COLEM gets around to providing ADAM support your seems to be the best one out there outside of MESS which is, a MESS.

     

    A few major points of issue.

    Even in the key mapping the backspace is key 8.
    But you have key 8 hard coded to reset the system I guess for linux or the pi....

    For at least Windows that needs to change.

     

    It always boots up in coleco mode so I can't get access to the word processor or early file manipulation.
    Is it possible to have a command line setting that we can put it in the Coolcv Mapping file.

     

    Is it also possible that once you select ultra fast disk/ddp that it stays that way instead of selecting it each time run.

     

    If I had an ultimate ONE wish it would be to have all keys 100% re-mapable including the system keys.
    I would love to use the first 6 function keys, home, delete and all that without system reset, snapshots and all that jazz.

    The way it is you can't use your keyboard seamlessly without the hard coded system getting in the way.
    If you can then I am not aware of it.

    Thanks, don't stop developing this because it's the best one out there.

  16. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    The latest version that I have tried is 4.7 which drops sound.
    Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and it is not the sound mixer in Windows 10.

    COLEM is the only program that does this.

    Now, I tried to use a copy of COLEM in a different directory thinking that a fresh install but apparently every copy uses the same settings which seem to be hidden somewhere.

    Not in the directory, not in the root of C like every other dos based program, not in the docs, not in the Appdata anywhere I can find...

    Just hidden so you can't delete or change and certainly not in any help file to say where it is.
    So, arms up in the air.

    I can't troubleshoot farther than that...

     

    I noticed the issue when I changed the sound setting to no sound then changed it back to default.

  19. Posted

    Hi Mike,

     

    Here is a link to Daniels devkit. It has samples for everything including playing music & sound fx

     

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ACw34Ch5VI59irnxxgyMlF_Az2UBYDYO/view

     

     

    Thanks...I have the latest but all of that is for C.

    He also programs a lot of his music in Assembly which I use.

    I was hoping he had close friends that could send him a message that people are looking for his help.

  22. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    Can someone post some code that would check if greater than in Z80 Assembly?

    I know CP if I want to check if say A = ? but how do you find out if a number is > or <.

     

    I looked it up on google and I get no examples.

     

     

    BOB: EQU 100

     

    LD A, BOB

     

    CP A, 100

    JP Z, YAKITY

     

    If BOB was greater than 100 without CP 101, 102, 103 and so on.

     

    And equally if BOB Was less than 100

     

     

    UPDATE...
    Figured a solution but I welcome alternatives. Maybe there is a better way.

  23. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    I picked up this little guy for my ADAM collection.

    Once in awhile you can find decent bargains on EBAY.
    I have yet to test it but it looks like it is in decent condition.
    I plan to restore it to pristine and put it in my man cave.

    I did NOT pay the ridiculous price of $400 or $300 which some of these people just throw out there. I think that was because this person is more of a thrift store and not some jerk believing he's going to buy an ADAM, break it down 30 pieces then sell one piece at a time thinking that this is some rare gold plated museum piece.

     

    I was reasonable and paid less than $50 which included shipping which the guy really packed it well.

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  24. Posted · Edited by Mike Harris

    I do not want a brand new version.
    There is no point in investing a ton of money on a 30 year old product so I am not buying this new.

    There is someone out there that no longer uses theirs so I will buy it so I can see what I can do with it.

    Must have Manual and any updates.

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