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From: lucius@tardis.UUCP (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Need Coleco ADAM info.
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Date: Sun, 31-Mar-85 14:34:29 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 31 14:34:29 1985
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	The Coleco Adam had some good ideas in it, but the implementation
and support policy were totally flawed.  For example, it was a nice
idea to provide the user with a daisywheel printer in the standard
package, but putting the power supply for the whole thing in the
daisywheel printer and running its output through the computer-to-
printer data cable is disastrous (if you have to have only one power
supply for the whole thing, at least put it in the computer).  Both its
hardware and its software are so full of bugs that literally nothing
works right.  And then to get them to give you any technical
information necessary to write serious programs you have to sign this
contract with them which amounts to slavery.  I don't have my
references with me, but look in last year's issues of BYTE (starting
with the early ones) or maybe the year before that (my faulty memory at
work:  I can't remember the date of introduction of the Adam).

	-- Lucius Chiaraviglio
       lucius@tardis.ARPA
	   seismo!tardis!lucius

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		-- Lucius Chiaraviglio
		lucius@tardis.ARPA
		seismo!tardis!lucius