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The Big #ColecoAdam Deep Dive

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Chapter Index:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:54 I. OVERVIEW

0:01:30 Audience
0:02:10 Commercials
0:04:00 Why?
0:07:55 No, Why do this video?
0:09:10 What is the Coleco Adam?

0:13:07 Showing Memory console
0:19:40 The SmartWriter Printer
0:22:00 The Keyboard

0:24:42 II. DEMOS

0:25:20 Power Switch on Printer
0:25:58 Adam's Typewriter
0:28:00 Word Processor Mode
0:30:51 Printing
0:32:20 Getting a Document
0:36:30 Making a change
0:37:20 Printing the announcement
0:38:20 Saving change
0:40:30 Reading the Backup of Announcement
0:42:00 Hooking up a disk drive
0:47:00 Saving document to floppy
0:48:00 How many pages in SmartWriter?

0:50:45 SmartBASIC
0:53:30 Lo-Res: BOXES
0:55:28 Using floppy disks with SmartBASIC
0:56:40 Hi-Res: Harmonic Sines
0:59:20 Hi-Res Color Clash: Moire Pattern
1:01:00 Lo-Res: Door

1:03:30 SmartLOGO
1:07:30 SmartLOGO Manual
1:10:00 Interactive Use
1:11:20 TO SQUARE
1:12:45 TO STAR
1:13:45 TO CIRCLE

1:17:28 AdamCalc
1:19:35 Help
1:20:30 Entering Data
1:21:10 The Manual
1:22:30 Loading LoanSched
1:26:50 Changing principal
1:28:15 LoanSched printout

1:31:40 SmartFILER
1:33:45 Load Database pack
1:35:20 Find Records
1:39:40 Modify Form

1:43:30 RecipeFILER
1:45:00 Load Recipe pack
1:47:00 Beef Stroganoff
1:48:00 Printing recipe
1:49:00 Shopping List

1:50:45 SmartLetters and Forms
1:53:00 Selecting a Template
1:55:00 Inserting text
1:56:00 Sample Text
1:56:45 Example printout

1:59:00 Flashcard Maker

2:06:00 ExperType

GAME DEMOS

2:10:00 Zaxxon Cart vs SuperGame
2:23:00 Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom Super Game
2:27:00 Donkey Kong
2:35:18 Donkey Kong Jr.

2:46:10 CP/M
2:47:00 WordStar 3.30
2:49:50 DDPs as CP/M storage

2:57:00 FujiNet

3:08:00 III. Detail

3:09:00 Storage
3:19:00 Using a Hard Drive
3:22:00 Modern solutions
3:23:00 EOS Filesystem
3:26:00 Demonstrating EOS file pre-allocation
3:28:00 CP/M Filesystem

3:30:00 Expansion
3:31:20 AdamNet
3:40:00 Right (ColecoVision) Expansion Slot
3:42:20 Internal Slots

3:48:55 IV. PROGRAMMING

3:51:21 MIOC Memory mapping

3:55:50 HELLORLD in C

4:02:00 HELLORLD in Assembler

4:07:00 V. REFERENCES and THANKS

References:
Information:
- http://www.diroccovision.com/
- http://colecoadam.net/
- http://www.adamemut.byethost4.com/

Software Archive:
- http://www.adamarchive.org/

Vendors:
- http://www.lundyelectronics.com/
- http://ann.hollowdreams.com/adamsupplies.html
- http://coleco.freeservers.com/
- https://thebrewingacademy.com/
- http://fujinet.online/
- [[https://8bitmilligames.com/store/coleco-adam.html][https://8bitmilligames.com/store/coleco-adam.html]]
- https://merrickpc.com/coleco-adam/

Technical Manuals:
- https://archive.org/details/coleco-adam-technical-reference-manual
- http://www.adamcon.org/eosprogman.html

About AdamNet:
- http://adamarchive.org/archive/Technical/ADAM%20Tech%20Manuals/All%20About%20ADAMnet%20%28Thomas%20Cherryhomes%29.pdf

TMS 9918A Data book:
- https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_tiTMS9900T_5911832/

Canonical ROM Listings:
- https://archive.org/details/coleco-adam-technical-manual-eos6-os7/
- http://adamarchive.org/archive/Technical/ADAM%20Source%20Code/ADAM%206801s%20-%20Listings%20and%20Source%20Code.zip

Programming:
- http://www.z88dk.org/
- https://www.github.com/tschak909/os7lib
- https://www.github.com/tschak909/eoslib
- https://www.github.com/tschak909/smartkeyslib

Adapting Existing Audio Tapes:
- http://adamarchive.org/archive/Technical/ADAM%20Mods/Audio%20Cassette%20Tape%20to%20a%20ADAM%20DDP%20Pack%21%21%20v2.2.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXn1-DlZPk8
- https://archive.org/details/formatting-digital-data-packs

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