Date   : Mon, 07 Nov 1983 15:24:00 PST
From   : Thomka.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
Subject: Re: Coleco's Adam

By what I have heard about the Adam in some various computer rags, I
thought that the BASIC computer language was in ROM, and built into the
Adam.  Not that the word processor runs on BASIC, (very unlikely!) but
that both packages were resident in ROM and available.  Can you get the
BASIC working? If so would you try this simple program and tell me the
results?

10 N=0: INPUT "How many loops to do? "; L
20 FOR C = 1 TO L: N=N+1: N= TAN( ATN( EXP( LOG( SQR( N*N))))): NEXT C
30 PRINT "The end value is "; N

On two different times, input values 1000 and 2500 and let me know what
the resulting numbers were and the time it took to compute them.  The
reason I want the information is that I'm compiling a list of various
computers' (Apple, IBM, Radio Shack, etc.) answers and their times.

Thanks,
       Chuck