Coleco Adam name?

[Martin Goldberg]

I think that's more of an urban legend than the actual reason for the
name.  I have yet to see an actual verifiable source for the
attribution.  According to a lawsuit over the name, Coleco had it
trademarked back in '76, making the claim impossible -

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/17/business/logical-challenges-coleco-s-adam.html


Marty


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Christian Liendo
<christian_liendo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.techtite.com/Features/Adam.html
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> FYI : The unit was called "Adam" because Coleco hoped it would take a "bite" out of Apple (computers). Oh well; it was a cute idea...
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> --- On Tue, 12/29/09, Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net> wrote:
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>> From: Evan Koblentz <evan at snarc.net>
>> Subject: Coleco Adam name?
>> To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 1:22 AM
>> Anyone know the background / meaning
>> of Coleco's "Adam" name?
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