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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Naton on February 04, 2009, 12:05:30 PM
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Hi, forgive me if this has been discussed to death, but although having heard a lot about the Coleco Adam and its various short comings, until now I hadn't actually seen one.. And is it me, but does it look a lot like An A2000 ran into an A1000 and fell two years back in time?
Picture! (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/coleco-adam/CIMG3282.JPG)
Picture! (http://thenewgamer.com/content/files/images/100_1715.jpg)
The faceplate's the shape of an A1000's, it has two ports on the right hand side in the same spot as its DB-9 ports, and those vents on the front are the same as on an A1060. It has the A2000's color scheme, the base curves inwards in a similar way and again the vents are similar but on the left.
Am I looking too much into it? :-)
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To me the floppy looks similar to Commodore ones.
Also the spacebar on the keyboard id identical to the C64 in shape. I bet the keyboard came from the same factory.
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no
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The A1000's faceplate was a lot smaller than the ADAM or the a2000. I remember this beast quite well and the infamous tape drive system it used. It was a Z80 based system running CP/M on a very proprietary tape drive system.
The A2000 had a more brown color scheme than the Atom which looked more like the stylings of an IBM XT/AT or a PCJr.. See the picture below..
(http://ibmcollectables.com/IBMPCjrb.jpg)
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Those three looking similar as in being desktop cases, yes, but considering the rest, no.
I don't know whether you know it or not, but most homecomputers in the 80s were either desktops or computer-in-keyboard (is there a name for that?)
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The molds that the plastic comes out of has beveled sides. It needs to be beveled for removal, at least a few degrees.
Why white and beige color, I do not know.
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IIRC there was an expansion box for the ColecoVision game system that would make it into a full-fledged Adam computer.