<s>
The	O
Coleco	B-Device
Adam	I-Device
is	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
and	O
expansion	O
device	O
for	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
released	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
American	O
toy	O
and	O
video	O
game	O
manufacturer	O
Coleco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
follow	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
final	O
sales	O
numbers	O
were	O
revealed	O
of	O
the	O
Adam	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
expansion	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
analyst	O
estimated	O
that	O
Coleco	O
had	O
sold	O
350,000	O
Adams	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
and	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
's	O
software	O
and	O
accessories	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
popular	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
price	O
gave	O
a	O
complete	O
system	O
:	O
an	O
80	O
KB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
computer	O
,	O
tape	O
drive	O
,	O
letter-quality	O
printer	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
including	O
the	O
Buck	B-Application
Rogers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zoom	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
PCjr	I-Device
sold	O
for	O
$669	O
but	O
included	O
no	O
peripherals	O
,	O
and	O
although	O
the	O
popular	O
Commodore	O
64	O
sold	O
for	O
around	O
$200	O
,	O
its	O
price	O
was	O
not	O
much	O
lower	O
after	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
a	O
printer	O
,	O
tape	O
or	O
disk	O
drive	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
home	O
computers	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Adam	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
its	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
stored	O
in	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
it	O
featured	O
a	O
built-in	O
electronic	O
typewriter	O
and	O
word	O
processor	O
,	O
SmartWriter	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Elementary	B-Operating_System
Operating	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
(	O
EOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
OS	O
kernel	O
and	O
the	O
8	O
KB	O
OS-7	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SmartBASIC	O
interpreter	B-Application
was	O
delivered	O
on	O
a	O
proprietary-format	O
Digital	O
Data	O
Pack	O
tape	B-Device
cassette	I-Device
;	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
BASIC	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
mostly	O
compatible	O
with	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interpreter	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Randall	O
Hyde	O
of	O
Lazer	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
less	O
expensive	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Adam	O
plugged	O
into	O
a	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
which	O
delivered	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
's	O
launch	O
commitments	O
that	O
owners	O
would	O
one	O
day	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
upgrade	O
their	O
game	O
system	O
to	O
a	O
fully	O
featured	O
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
PC	O
designs	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
did	O
similar	O
with	O
the	O
power	O
supply	O
in	O
the	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adam	O
's	O
Digital	O
Data	O
Pack	O
drives	O
,	O
although	O
faster	O
and	O
of	O
higher	O
capacity	O
than	O
the	O
audio	B-Device
cassette	I-Device
drives	O
used	O
for	O
competing	O
computers	O
,	O
were	O
less	O
reliable	O
and	O
still	O
not	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Adam	O
's	O
design	O
,	O
tape	O
drives	O
were	O
still	O
a	O
popular	O
storage	O
medium	O
for	O
home	O
users	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
had	O
dropped	O
in	O
cost	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
markets	O
were	O
the	O
preferred	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColecoVision	B-Device
software	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
built-in	O
was	O
mostly	O
on	O
ROM	B-Device
cartridges	O
,	O
with	O
AdamCalc	O
,	O
Personal	O
Checkbook	O
,	O
and	O
SmartFiler	O
programs	O
also	O
being	O
on	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
showcase	O
the	O
machine	O
at	O
the	O
June	O
1983	O
CES	O
,	O
Coleco	O
decided	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
its	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
conversion	O
of	O
Donkey	O
Kong	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citing	O
its	O
$599	O
price	O
,	O
bundled	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
compatibility	O
with	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
and	O
CP/M	B-Application
software	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
compared	O
the	O
Adam	O
's	O
potential	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
home-computer	O
industry	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Osborne	B-Device
1	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
citing	O
flaws	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
slow	O
and	O
very	O
noisy	O
printer	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Adam	O
competes	O
with	O
and	O
overpowers	O
everything	O
else	O
in	O
its	O
class	O
"	O
,	O
inferior	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Coleco	B-Device
Adam	I-Device
is	O
no	O
exception	O
to	O
this	O
rule	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
,	O
called	O
SmartBASIC	O
,	O
was	O
largely	O
compatible	O
with	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
many	O
type-in	O
programs	O
from	O
computer	O
books	O
and	O
magazines	O
would	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Adam	O
with	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
modification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
stand-alone	O
and	O
expansion-module	O
versions	O
also	O
have	O
an	O
external	O
expansion	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
type	O
as	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
expansion	O
port	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
hand	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
