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E:\COLECO\Instructions & Docs\Adam Infinitum.Cdr Adam INFINITUM (Chapter 16 - ADAM Survival Guide) (Misc. Information about the Coleco ADAM) By Richard Lefko NOTE: This is a re-creation from a text file. The original was not available to PDF. This is an excerpt form a larger publication called the ADAM Survival Guide. ADAM INFINITUM was listed as Chapter 16. What you are about to read is a compilation of little The original ADAM disk drive was manufactured known and well known facts about ADAM, the by Micro Peripherals, Inc. (M.P.I.) system, and its software. Personally, I take no credit for "discoveries" of any of what you about to If you have an ADAM disk drive, you won't forget read. In fact, most of these "discoveries" probably to remove a disk at the end of a work session if you happened by accident, or by the efforts of place a small strip of fluorescent tape on the upper dedicatedADAM "hackers". lip of the disk door. The tape will only be visible when the door is down. When look in at your "shut The following information was culled from down" system as you put all tapes, disk etc. away, ADAM newsletters, contributions by fellow users see if you can see the tape; if not, close the door. and "messages" from a power greater than mere mortal men! (No, not Barry Wilson). To increase the life of new printer ribbons, store them in the refrigerator. However, you should wait If indeed we can continue to upgrade and print about three hours after removing a ribbon to use it. future ASG issues on a regular basis, (maybe every two years or so), I will need as many of these Locking up of the entire system or getting strange tips, tricks, and hints as you can send me! Please lines across the screen may be a sign of heat build- share your information by sending them to me. up. Buy a small fan to keep air moving around your ADAM. Richard Lefko It is recommended that you occasionally, (with the (Find addresses in the "IMPORTANT NAMES power off), disconnect and reconnect all of year ANDADDRESSES" CHAP.) cables to be sure they are making a good connection. Special thanks to the following who helped make this chapter possible: PJ Herrington and the If your disk drive power transformers quit, try MOAUG newsletter, (Metro OrlandoADAM User either TRAK or ATARI part number C017945 Group); NIAD, (Northern Indiana Adam user transformers, these seem to work fine. group; ECN, (Expandable Computer News, which is no longer available); PSAN, (Puget Sound Switching to MANUAL RECALC while using Adam Network), and John Harris. ADAMCalc makes the program work more quickly. I make no guarantees about the "facts" you are about to read. Many of these "facts" are untried by Sometimes placing aluminum foil under a me personally, so I cannot readily attest to their television that's being used as a monitor will cut accuracy. down on interference. *************************************** ADAM's CP\M 2.2 was written by Digital ADAM's operating system was developed by Research. Infosoft, and is labeled I/OS. ADAMCalc written by Laser Microsystems. The ADAM printer was manufactured in Northern Ireland. There is a special set of questions about the authors on the public domain JEOPARDYgame tape/disk. If you have a disk drive you must turn it on before To access these question do the following: After ADAM in order forADAM to recognize it. (Using booting your media and getting to the point where one master switch for the whole setup works just it asks whether you are using a fine too.) Page 2 question pack, hold down the control key aid press Data packs, with one directory block, will only the "up" arrow key, then the"right" arrow key, store 35 entries. Each additional directory block followed by the"down" arrow key and finally the will allow 39 more file entries. "left" arrow key. The special questions will then be loaded. To check the revision of just about any original COLECO software, hold down the control key and If you load a defective Data Pack and the drive just press the "R" key just after booting. Version 15 is keeps tuning, don't turn your ADAM off, just pull good for DISK MANAGER, 27 for SMARTFiler, the CARTRIDGE RESET switch. 12 for ADAMLink, 5 for AUTODIALER, and 14 for RECIPE FILER. If you load a defective disk and the drive just keeps turning, don't turn your ADAM, Just remove the If you were unable to purchase an original dust disk. cover for your ADAM, try a VCR cover. A second one will take care of your keyboard and disk If your daisy wheels need cleaning just soak them drives. in 11% isopropyl alcohol, (rubbing alcohol), for 5 to 10 minutes then wipe with a paper towel and air Digital data packs look very much like audio dry. tapes, but that is where the similarities end. There are important differences so do not try to use audio If a data pack fails to read or write properly remove tapes in place of Digital Data Packs. In particular, it from the drive, place it in the palm of your hand 'BLOCK NUMBERS' are written on DDPtapes. and gently slap it down on a flat surface. Then try to load from it again. This sometimes straightens To convert an audio tape to a an ADAM DDP, use out the tape on a reel, and this sometimes clears up the MEGACOPY hardware/software device, by the problem. Syd Carter of Canada. To print out only one record at a time from a Unplug your ADAM power supply, disk drives SMARTFiler list of records, (ie: mailing labels or and any other electrical components when a envelopes), try the following: When creating your thunderstorm approaches. A surge suppressor is format in SMARTFiler add carriage returns until recommended. I near-miss lightning strike will you can't add anymore, (ADAM buzzes); move cause a power surge in the lines that can jump or your cursor up two lines and enter a period. 'fry' even an "open" electric switch. ADAM will now stop printing after each record To view the 'secret screen' in ADAMCalc, load allowing you to change the envelope, paper, etc. ADAMCalc, and when the screen asks if you'd like on-line help, don't answer. Instead, press the DISK MANAGER will only run software that 'up' and 'right' arrow keys at the same time; then would normally run if the reset button were pulled. type is the word, surfnazi, all lower case, no punctuation. You may need to try It a couple of ADAM user upgrades of the DISK MANAGER times. have installed routines for printing from Smart WRITER, etc., on a dot matrix printer. These If you have two Digital Data Drives and opening variations also allow double wide, compressed, the door to one causes the second to pop open, you sub/superscripts, etc., for the DM printer. Contact probably installed the second one a little crooked, your user group for more information. and the second door is rubbing against the first door. Loosen the mounting screws and move the The ATARI defender cartridge game does not right drive to the right. If not fixed, move the left work properly on an "ADAM stand alone". drive to the left. Page 3 FILE MEMORIES: Several originally planned ADAM-CP\M programs have been converted to run on T-DOS on The EOS DIRECTORY is in block 1 etc. The the ADAM. Wordstar 4.0 is one of the best; and number of blocks to reserve for the directory one who uses WS 4.0, will return to SMART during the INIT process can be specified as any WRITER only out of dire necessity. value from 1 to 127. (See Chapter on SMART BASIC). EOS directory entries specify the exact The software that comes with the ADAMLink block number of the beginning of each file, and the modem, (ADAMLink I), does not support length of the file. Thus all blocks of that file are up/down loading. however, there is an upgrade consecutive. calledADAMLink II which does support up/down loading. Most user groups can supply you with a THE CP/M DIRECTORY is in block 13, and the copy ofADAMLink II. block numbers of each file are added to 13 is order to get the actual block number where the file can be Modem programs that are much more advanced found on the media. The block numbers are all than ADAMLink II are presently available for listed in their directory under the filename in the ADAM. order is which the data was written to the media. Therefore the first block of the file might be on Advanced modems are available for the ADAM. block 14, the second on 43, the third on 27, and Contact your user group, and check several etc., this making the use of media space much sources for more information. more efficient than that of the EOS directory. When transferring a SMART WRITER file to T- THE TDOS DIRECTORYis found in media block DOS or CPM, unwanted spaces appear in the text. 13, 14 etc. The number of blocks reserved for the to remove these, use the SEARCH AND directory depends upon the size of the drive in REPLACE function of your word processor. which it is used. The method of deriving the actual SEARCH for 5 spaces, and REPLACE then with 1 block number of a file on the media, follows the space. Then search for 4 spaces and replace with 1, same pattern as that of the CPM directory, but etc.
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