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From: leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Much information about ADAM - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 23:36:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 13 23:36:01 1983
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uiuccsb!leimkuhl    Oct 13 12:15:00 1983



The Wall Street Journal reports that some of the largest computer dealers
(Markline, JC Penney, etc.) were informed by Coleco that the first Adams
will be shipped Monday (10/17).  The company is still suggesting that
500,000 units will be shipped by Christmas, but it seems quite likely
that 400k is more reasonable (400k would still be phenomenal, as the
president of Commodore has stated that it took six months for his company
to gear up to 100K/month).  

>From what I've heard (disregarding the statements made here about the
replacement of the continuous loop drive with cassette), the Coleco
looks like a very interesting package, as yet unopposed in its price range.
The real question is how long Coleco will be alone--they will need to sell
quite a few systems to make back their investment.

Also in the WSJ, Coleco is said to have delayed $4M in advertising for this
year, bringing the total down to around $16M-20M which is consistent with
the conjectured scaling back of production by 100K units.

Ben Leimkuhler