Coleco ADAM Computer and ADAM expansion module #3
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- Here is my Full ADAM Computer, and my not yet working ADAM EX unit #3.
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It was Coleco's first, and last Computer hardware and last gaming unit.
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Bought my system in ~1988 for $20 from a local thrift store…. Still have it, tape drive and original tapes still function perfectly! Too bad not enough Adam specific software was released. It really was ahead of its time as far as styling goes.
The Coleco ADAM was (is) an underrated system. It used the Zilog Z-80 CPU opening up C/PM programs and Z-80 assembly language, (If you had a diskette drive)- If having a CP/M box wasn't enough, 99 percent of SmartBASIC was the same as Applesoft BASIC, Students with Apple IIs at school could use whatever BASIC programming they learned in school when they were home. So rather than just an add-on to make a "Kinda-Sorta" computer out of a video game console, It was a REAL computer! The "smart" keyboard and "AdamNet" made the (best on a "home" computer) keyboard responsive enough for even games written in BASIC. On the TI-994a: I always harbored a wish that they had made a TI Extended BASIC for PCs (not an emulator,just a DOS port of the language) It would have been "bitchin'" if it was compiled!
James Slick very well.said!
This was my first computer, and the computer I first learned BASIC on, ages 8-11. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for this computer.
We had one of these when I was growing up! Such great memories and we never had a problem with the data pack drive. I remember playing Richard Scary's digital learning book (something like that) and my brother played a lot of Dam Busters. Smart Basic was also really neat to play with and print out pictures and such lol. Although I do recall the printer sounding like a machine gun. I used it well into the 90's before we got an IBM Aptiva in 93 I think, to type and print out many a school report. Also with the wiping of the cassettes, never had that problem either but the printer was about a foot away on the right side of the console. Great video!
marsm9 that's great! you could have had a later model, Coleco did eventually fix the issue with the data pack Drive. But the systems image was tainted by that point, and as long as you kept that printer away from the digital data packs on power up as well as and not being in the drives on power up they should have been okay. The tape drives did though eventually burn up the wheel, but that did take some time. I'm glad you had a lot of fun with your Adam I really enjoy the one I have now. You do have some pretty great entertainment value in it. it's a shame it's image got tainted due to its launch issues with that digital data pack Drive. That's one of the things I really liked about it...a high speed seakable cassettes that was pretty neat idea.
Also thank you very much for the watch and enjoying 😊😊
We had a ball with my brother's ADAM. It packed a lot of value in it. I certainly spent hours playing Dragon's Lair......
Good job Glen! I had a Coleco Vision (my first system) and always wanted an Adam (never got one), so watching this was like time traveling.
jlgugo ..thank you very much 😊 very happy to being back good memories it's a fun system still
hello again well i got my adam..can you tell me again what device i need to plug the tv..all i have is the cord it came with and the tv computer box ?
god we had so many of these computers as a kid, my dad big John Lingrel started orphanware in akron ohio back in the 80s
Jack lingrel wow..now that's cool!
Ahhh, the Adam. Yes broke immediately. Sent the printer back to coleco. Got it back 3 months later. Always had and will have a soft spot for the Adam. To me it was magic. Still love just looking at it here. Enjoy!!
Dione Gonzalez sorry you had that problem..but was very common on the early units...but when Coleco got it together..there was too much bad press and s real shame as it's s fun system
Gotta say. Nice systems. Very well restored!
Great video. I am exploring buying my 1st Coleco Adam and watching many videos. Yours was really nice. Well done!
Thank you so much
I love your videos man. Keep on truckin' Imagine If ADAM had no problems what could have been. Especially as high a quality the disk drives were. Maybe a Z80 library like the MSX.
Kevin Laskowski .. if the issue with ADAM didn't exist, and shipped on time..with original price goal.. Coleco would still be around and we would have seen next generation CV consoles as well as 16bit ADAM II. But in our universe, it was not to be.. perhaps in the multiverse......
I agree. In all honesty, ADAM was as good if not better than most computers of the time. At least my opinion.
Great video explaining the Adam Computer. Most appreciated!
John Hancock hey thank you for taking the time to view it John. .. and for the comment. ☺
First time I saw one with the additional "cassette" drive installed. Great balanced commentary on my favorite system as a kid (along with the Colecovision itself). Unfortunately, as a kid, I was very interested in the media and features that were on the data packs (especially BASIC) and the media got fried by the big power surge issue one by one within a year.
The Colecovision ran on a Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. That was the same chip a lot of the cabinet arcade games were using at the time. Thanks for a great review my friend, good stuff indeed!
Thanks for posting this great video about a very strange computer system. I am an owner of the rare european PAL/SECAM version with 220 V power supply - there is a French dealer in Marseille who offers these right now.
Had the same problem with the data drive - Retro System Rescue sent me a working one - so happy about it....
excellent yes I know the Adam computer is quite rare overseas as it was never so very long. Yes retrosystemrescue is a great place to get some items especially a digital data pack or have one repaired. I just posted a new video about how to copy some files over to the Adam from a PC if you have an Adam disk drive. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you stick around for some more ones I make :-)
Great Video and the Coleco Adam looks very impressive in its looks and size.
Nostalgic for the 70's & 80's it was a really good system for it's day..just too many launch issues to recover from.
Thank you for the wonderful explanation👍☺
very welcome ;). thank you for viewing :)
Oh, man, I LOVED my ADAM! :)
Fred Lackey so do I ..so underrated
Thanks for sharing. What a cool system!
I still have the Colecovision my parent got me when I was 5.
Still a great system with new games being made for it :)
Audio cassette players can not "seek" in the same manner as the ADAM's Digital Data Pack Drives did. However, some later model audio cassette players had a "seek" feature, such as Sony's AMS (Automatic Music Sensor). During playback, one could simply hit the fast-forward button, and the cassette would fast-forward, recognize the empty gap between tracks, and then stop fast-forwarding, and return back to play mode, resulting in the next song being played. One could also hit the rewind button during playback to rewind to the beginning of the current track and automatically the player would begin to play the current track back from the beginning. Some fancier models would allow a listener to skip ahead any number of songs by simply pressing the fast-forward button the number of times equivalent to the number of tracks to skip ahead. Even fancier, some would scan ahead to play the next track, then play the first ten seconds of the track, then it would repeat the process for each track until the listener recognized the track which they wanted to hear, and pressed the play button. It may not be the same style of "seek" as the Digital Data Pack Drives, but claiming that audio cassettes were not searchable isn't exactly true.
Is it just the Adam tapes that are in danger concerning the Electro Magnetic Pulse ? What if one should have a portable hard-drive and/or diskettes for other systems lying on the workbench. AFAIK those are also magnetic storage devices, would they also be in danger of being wiped by the EMP if they should happen to come to close ?
Having a bus or network for peripherals was not all that unusual back then. For example, Commodore had a serial bus that was daisy-chained between multiple disk drives as well as printers.
Very true. Even the Atari 8Bit like has SIO and the TI-99/4A had there bus
Lol in the Adam version of donkey Kong Jr, dks big giant foot kicking Mario.
The component out is my favorite feature of the Adam. Much better quality signal than the rf. I use the Adam instead of the console to play my games. Would like to get my hands on some data cassettes tho. Too rare and pricey for me.
Alan, I agree with you.. i sold off my Commodore 1084 monitor...a big mistake..
I sold off my old E-Machine's CRT monitor - - big mistake! I am now using this E-machine gain, not networked - - just stand alone. Fortunately I have found/acquired a flat-screen that is old enough to be compatible. With easy to adjust front panel push button controls.
Just clicked on that link to Milli's site, and it's all in Japanese. Didn't appear to be any reference at all to computer repairs and/or upgrades. Did he sell his domain name? His TH-cam channel seems ok though.
Looks cool! Is there a list of how many super games were made for Adam? Thanks.
What are you doing with the camera? Shaking the lens back and forth!
3:00 8-Track tapes for computers was already obsolete by 1982. I think they used it first for the Computron of 1974, and early programmable electronic typewriter
Chad Castagana .. no stand..it's been a shoestring budget ... But has been getting better..appreciate the watch and the comment.
i am thinking about buying one it is new in box but very expencive ...is it hard to hook up to tv out of the box? what do you think
It's not difficult to hook up to older TVs. If you only have a modern LCD, it might be a problem because they don't have NTSC tuners in them. You could always use the video out, but it appears to be video only and not audio.
It's a great system and the library has about doubled in the last 10 years. There are a lot of new games for it, plus all of the old one.
You really can't go wrong with new in box, so long as it actually IS new in box. Also, keep in mind that it has never been turned on and the caps in the power supply might need replacing because of that. But probably not. If it were me, I would not pay more than $200, especially because shipping will be a lot.
Is this the one you are looking at? www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Adam-Coleco-Vision-Family-Computer-System-Original-BOX-w-FOAM-UNTESTED-/263965348892
That's a lot of money for an Adam.
@@tarstarkusz thanks alot.!
@@tarstarkusz yeah i know but its really getting hard to find a decent one.
@@tarstarkusz it plugs in to where we would screw in the cable for cable tv? correct?
I had the Coleco Adam. But I must of had a bad bearing or something in my drive because it was really loud yours sounds quiet.
Will Warden... hey..well actually it was most likely the tape its self..some were quite..other sounded like it was going to explode lol..do you still have your Adam?
My first love.
My Adam was killing tapes like crazy. Had to fight with the company to have replacment. Love the game system but not as a computer.
How can I come across the expansion module #3? What do I name it in a search?
ThePbrook1967 the expansion module#3 is a very hard to come by system. best bet is just search coleco Adam or Adam expansion module
Play it on a composite monitor, it looks waaay better, LCD/LED has broken lines
Composite means the same thing as interlaced scanning?
So you gotta have the Adam on before putting a game in? Just trying to understand
Yes.. if you are loading a super data pack or floppy.. keep them far away from the unit.. THEN power on... Or the printers electric magnetic pulse will erase or damage them.
@@GlensRetroShow Ok thanks for clearing that up✌
hello, u can make a copy of Dk , DK jr and zaxxon for me ? (send to France) . Thanks
The most ignorant part of the adam was they decided to connect the power cord to the printer. The daisy wheel printer...why the HELL did they go with that??...was like a machine gun, it was so damn LOUD. I waited and waited for expansions that would have taken advantage of the slots inside the main base but the system failed so hard nothing came of it. The price was rediculous, the printer choice was ignorant, and nobody trusted it when the crash came. They rushed it and we got a mess of a system.
Seems retrosystemrescue has bit the dust... not good news