Logical Products - The Adam Computer
Adam was more than just a computer. It came with its own desk, printer, hard
disk and chair. Eve was not included.
Believe it or not, the above photograph was really the front page of the Adam
brochure.
Adam was born in 1976 or thereabouts. Here are some of its specifications:
| Central Processor |
Disk Drive |
- Proprietary design for ADAM functions
- 16 bit parallel operations
- 30 registers
- 200 nano-second instruction time
- 32 thousand bytes of working store
- Automatic detection and recovery from power failure
- Data transfer rates of 1.25 million bytes per second
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- Removable cartridge design, for unlimited off-line storage
- Usable capacity - 10.6 million bytes
- Average access time 35 milliseconds
- Data reliability 1 in 10^12 bits transferred
- Built-in cooling and double air filtration, for use in
non-controlled environment
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| General Specifications |
- Air conditioning not normally required
- Size - 75" (188 cm) depth, 84" (210 cm) width, 26"
(65 cm) height
- Temperature operating 70º F (22º C) +- 10º.
Change in temperature not to exeed 2º F (1º C) per hour. Non
operating 0º F (-18º C) to
90º F (33º C).
- Humidity - from 10 to 90% absolute, non-condensing
- ADAM is protected from power failure.
When power is restored ADAM resumes what it was doing whenthe power
failed.
- Eve - 36"-24"-36" (90cm - 60cm - 90cm)
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With the Adam, Logical introduced the Logical Concept and wanted to:
- Provide customized software to businesses at an affordable price.
- Make it less complex for business people to automate an existing manual
procedure.
- Create a programming language for business applications that would be
simple to understand.
These basic concepts, expressed more than 20 years ago, are still valid today
and are part of our business philosophy.
2008-01-07
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