From:  Geoff Oltmans > INTERNET:geoff@sprynet.com
Subj:  Re: Hasbro did not buy CV & ADAM

Dale Wick wrote:
> I've heard rumors that the Adam and the prototype laserdisc
player system (for the "real" version of Dragon's Lair and Space 
Ace) rights were bought by a company that intended to use them 
for kiosks.  I suspect that if that is true, nothing ever came 
of it.  It turns out that Coleco had a 3 year exclusive on laser
disc games and had a prototype version with overlayed Adam 
graphics over full motion video.  This could be translated into 
a self-running kiosk that showed video segments, and current 
information on local attractions and events.  It seems that 
event today the prospect of owning such technology brings 
bidders --    

Geoff's reply:
The beast you're referring to is actually not a LaserDisc player,
but an RCA CED player. I managed to dig up an article that had
information about the player, and they had a deal with RCA to 
produce this thing. In fact, some of the early CED players have 
an RS-232 interface on them, apparently FOR the ColecoVision/ADAM
device. Later model players didn't have the interface.


Dale further writes:
> the Amiga rights is now owned by a company that wants to make 
kiosks and "set-top boxes" for surfing the web or ordering movies
or displaying bulletins.  The Amiga is no longer owned by VISCorp 
or ESCOM...the ones interested in the set-top box thingy. Gateway 
2000 believe it or not owns Amiga now. Whether or not they want 
it for a set-top box is yet to be seen, but rumor has it that 
Amiga Technologies is in the design phase for a PPC based Amiga 
system. The Commodore brand, trademarks, and 8-bit stuff is 
apparently owned by a Dutch company called Tulip. You can now 
buy a PII-233 MHz Commodore computer. Silly. :)

*Geoff!*


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