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From: benw@pyuxn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Much information about ADAM
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 09:46:13 EDT
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As I have understood it from various micro magazines, ADAM will
definitely NOT be using a string floppy/wafer tape for data
storage.  Although that was their original intention, they had
too many problems with it, and hastily switched to standard
cassettes (although, supposedly, at very high speed).  Note that
these cassettes will NOT have all the capability of a disk (eg,
random access) and will not be a continuous loop.

As other articles in net.micro have pointed out, as well as
magazines, Coleco is having a lot of trouble with software
and may not get ADAM out the door by Christmas, as planned.
If they do, they may have do leave out several features that
will not be debugged at that time.

I agree with many of the reviewers who saw ADAM at CES: It
sounds great, but I'll believe it when I see it!

By the way, can anyone shed some light on the rumor that
Atari may shelve and/or delay the new 1450, and possibly
some of the other new 14XX series machines?

                                          Think I'll keep my 800,
                                          Ben Weber pyuxn!benw