| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
This may not be the proper place, but i don't know where else to
ask, so bare with me.
A friend has given me an ADAM (Coleco) computer that is broke (to
fix).
The printer contains the P/S and seems to supply everything else
via a cable. The problem is, that when powered up the head moves
to the right and chunks away (as if being continually initialized).
I have no manuals and noone seems to service these dinasours anymore.
Does anyone have some helpful hints? I'm in Ottawa, Canada, so service
in the US is probably out of the question.
mark
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1750.1 | Try Honeywell Bull | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Thu Oct 06 1988 16:20 | 10 |
Coleco contracted with the Honeywell [Bull] Customer Service Division
to provide service for the ADAM. (Honeywell Bull also provides service
for Star printers and a number of other manufacturers.) Try them. The
local (Newton, MA) Honeywell CSD folks actually gave a friend of mine
some free software when he took his ADAM in for service.
There's a good chance that the cost of fixing an ADAM is substantially
greater than its value. If you're trying to scrounge the printer
to serve as a letter-quality device, don't bother. The ADAM printer
may be the slowest, LOUDEST printer ever invented.
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| 1750.2 | Where you can get parts | CIMBAD::POWERS | I Dream Of Wires - G. Numan | Fri Oct 07 1988 11:08 | 9 |
re: < Note 1750.0 by FSCORE::KAYE "Be seeing you" >
There is a company (American Design Components) who advertise in the
back of Radio Electronics magazine, who carry a large supply of replacement
Adam stuff. Ex: you can buy the computer less the printer for $99,
and they have the power supply from the printer for $14.95
Bill Powers
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