My name is Mark Perrella and I worked at Coleco from September 1982 to May 1984.
After receiving my Associates degree in Applied Science in June of 1982 from Fulton Montgomery Community College, I began working for Coleco Industries in September as part of my work/study program with Rochester Institute of Technology.
Continue readingI was going over some of my old posts and realized some of the links are broken. One of which is the link to the video I made for the Coleco ADAM episode of the Retroist audio podcast. It’s no longer on the Retroist site, hasn’t been for years and it’s no longer on YouTube, but I uploaded to Vimeo some time ago. I shared it on the Coleco ADAM Facebook page not long ago, but want to make it official by making a post here.
Williams Hicks, who most of us call Milli, is what I call a “super-fan” of the ADAM computer. He doesn’t just use it, he makes games and hardware for this rare system. On Milli’s YouTube page, you can find his videos on how to repair ADAM computers, revisit old computer magazines and look at some software. He also has a Store for those necessary ADAM components. Milli is also working on an ADAM archive which he needs the community to get involved. He even has his own Coleco ADAM blog. Lets get to know Milli.
A few days ago I came across a photo that had me asking questions. Shortly after, James Notini contacted me. He sent some documentation which I’m sure fans of the ADAM computer will find interesting. The first is a Coleco Introduces ADAM Software Lines discussing the 170 software titles coming to the system. They include video games in this, but it’s clear that some programs never made it to the system.
Mr. Notini also included scans of a few pages of a brochure of the software included in “Home Information Management” which relates to my post about the photo and mysterious product. Some of the products discussed came to market and some of those had their product name changed.
Coleco ADAM 