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     SHORT ANSWERS TO 
   COMPLICATED QUESTIONS:
     LONG ANSWERS LATER 
         By Dave Sands
   We have two questions from members that deserve longer treatment in the LEAF, and they'll get it soon, but for now, here's the short answers.
   Attaching an IBM-type monitor to your ADAM: our information is that you can't attach an RGB color (Red/Green/Blue) monitor to an ADAM --the ADAM doesn't supply the separate color signals (the RGB) that the monitor needs. Its signal is composite or a mix of all the video information on one line.  There are units that can divide up the composite signal into RGB for you -- try a good TV equipment outfit -- but the economics don't make it a great idea.
   Using a dot-matrix printer with your ADAM: the ADAM will work with a dot matrix printer, but you need the following additional equipment and software:
   A parallel printer interface board that plugs into the ADAM. The board will plug into the interior slot section or to the expansion port and may or may not need an "addresser board" as well.
   A ribbon cable that attaches to the interface board and has the right plug for your printer's input connector.
   Software, usually called a "printer patch" program, that changes the ADAM's internal printer output system to work with the new printer.
   And you may need a separate power supply for the ADAM, unless you want to continue to plug the ADAM printer into the console.  Space and convenience are usually the considerations here.
   So, there's the short answers.  can divide up the composi
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