[Coco] Clearing out the junk

[Spencer]

 Oh boy do I enjoy my ADAM - when I get to it. CP/M fascinated me back in the days, but I never saw any graphics oriented games - all mine are textual based.  I actually do enjoy these very much because it makes one use the brain to win. I've collected wayyy too much of ADAM stuff over the years. I guess like some of us I don't buy much Coco or ADAM stuff anymore. I have a plethora of both.  ;-)   Several months back I did get tempted and bought a floppy drive emulator for the ADAM, so I don't use my real 5 1/4" guys much anymore.  It's probably harder to get ADAM hardware than it is for the good ole Cocos. Cocos had a very successful run of its generations when compared to the Coleco ADAM's run due to Coleco's rushed delivery attempts to get it out before Christmas in the early 80s. As a result several hundred to 1000s of faulty units were delivered to retailers.  This caused a loss of fans back in those early days.  I never got one of those bad units, and love my ADAM (sorry got to say it Coco) as much as my Tandy computers.  
Spencer  
    On Thursday, November 14, 2019, 01:50:16 PM EST, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I like the Adam because it uses the z80. I can run a lot of CP/M software from my trs80 Model 4

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 "My favorite CP/M machine is my coleco adam."


Alas, my favorite CP/M machine is still in my head. I got donated some S100 boards, Z80 based, and a home brew back plane. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get it up and running!

"Without the old days of computers we wouldn't have the new days of computers."

I agree with this so much that it hurts! We, as a technology, should remember where we came from, We wouldn't be here today if it weren't for the 6502, 6809s, Z80s.. etc. of yesteryear.

"... but the last thing I want is to put more stress on my family..."

Yes, if you're going to do that, make sure it is while you are still alive to enjoy it <eg>.

Salvador



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