From: colonel@monmouth.com (He Comes As No Surprise) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 17 Jan 2001 15:12:54 -0500 Organization: Kentucky Fried Fox Lines: 23 Message-ID: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell.monmouth.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.monmouth.com!shell.monmouth.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73452 Sorry if this is a F.A.Q. I haven't been able to find the answer on the Web or in Deja. In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? -:- "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a UNIX program out of my source directory!" "AGAIN?" "Nothin' up my sleeve . . . PRESTO!" IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. AUTHOR-NAME. B. J. MOOSE, FROSTBYTE DATA SYS. SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-7044. OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-7044. . . . "No doubt about it--I gotta get a new source directory!" -- Col. G. L. Sicherman home: colonel@mail.monmouth.com work: sicherman@lucent.com web: ###### From: Sam Yorko Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:16:28 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3A6619BC.7CA0@compuserve.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 13 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.tele.dk!216.218.192.242!news.he.net!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73556 He Comes As No Surprise wrote: > > Sorry if this is a F.A.Q. I haven't been able to find the answer > on the Web or in Deja. > > In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? > Archer Daniels Midland? Sam (OK, so my mind free-associates into some interesting sidelines...) ###### Sender: marc@hana.snafu.org Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> From: Marco S Hyman Message-ID: Organization: S.N.A.F.U. -- http://www.snafu.org/ Lines: 10 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.54.48.250 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 979789756 206.54.48.250 (Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!sjc-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73618 colonel@monmouth.com (He Comes As No Surprise) writes: > Sorry if this is a F.A.Q. I haven't been able to find the answer > on the Web or in Deja. > > In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? American Dream Machine. // marc ###### From: himself@esands.com (him self) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 18 Jan 2001 08:34:19 GMT Organization: Customer of Connect.com.au Pty. Ltd. Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> Reply-To: po.box.1@esands.com NNTP-Posting-Host: snark.esands.com X-Trace: perki.connect.com.au 979806859 9986 203.63.249.98 (18 Jan 2001 08:34:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@connect.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jan 2001 08:34:19 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.7 (UNIX) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!himself Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73690 On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT, Marco S Hyman wrote: > > In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? > > American Dream Machine. > If we are going to be silly .. Awful Dumb Monitor. ###### From: Victor Eijkhout Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 18 Jan 2001 12:51:13 -0500 Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: disco.cs.utk.edu X-Trace: penn.dii.utk.edu 979840417 1169 128.169.93.251 (18 Jan 2001 17:53:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@utk.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:53:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!merapi!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!newsfeed.online.be!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!newsfeed.utk.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73652 himself@esands.com (him self) writes: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT, Marco S Hyman wrote: > > > > In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? > > > > American Dream Machine. > > > If we are going to be silly .. > > Awful Dumb Monitor. No, that can't be, because it was already called an ADM-3a Dumb Terminal. Said so on the boxes. Must be Advanced Display Module, then. Btw, the adm-3a manual had the best designed ascii chart I've ever seen. I made a TeX implementation of it: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/ascii.tex -- Victor Eijkhout "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." [G.W. Bush] ###### From: "Bill Marcum" Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:49:50 -0500 Lines: 20 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0913.2206 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0913.2200 NNTP-Posting-Host: lou-ts9-51.iglou.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lou-ts9-51.iglou.com Message-ID: <3a674781_2@news.iglou.com> X-Trace: 18 Jan 2001 14:44:01 -0500, lou-ts9-51.iglou.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: news-incoming.iglou.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!feeder.qis.net!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!feed.newsreader.com!uunet!ash.uu.net!news.iglou.com!lou-ts9-51.iglou.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73521 him self wrote in message ... >On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:49:16 GMT, Marco S Hyman wrote: > >> > In "Lear-Siegler ADM-3A", what did "A.D.M." stand for? >> >> American Dream Machine. >> >If we are going to be silly .. > >Awful Dumb Monitor. > I think they actually did use "American Dream Machine" in advertisements for the ADM-3. Don't know if that was the original meaning of the initials. ###### From: jones@cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 18 Jan 2001 20:48:50 GMT Organization: The University of Iowa Lines: 18 Message-ID: <947kri$ci4$1@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> References: <3a674781_2@news.iglou.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu X-Trace: flood.weeg.uiowa.edu 979850930 12868 128.255.28.3 (18 Jan 2001 20:48:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uiowa.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jan 2001 20:48:50 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!avalon.net!norand.com!news.uiowa.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73644 From article <3a674781_2@news.iglou.com>, by "Bill Marcum" : > I think they actually did use "American Dream Machine" in advertisements > for the ADM-3. Don't know if that was the original meaning of the > initials. Remember, this was the era when almost all of us using interactive computers were stuck with ASR 33 Teletypes, except for those using IBM 2741's to work with IBM 360 systems. Compared to those boat anchors, the ADM video terminals were reliable, quiet, clean, versitile and even inexpensive. They really were dream machines! Lear Siegler ran what must have been the very last factory in downtown Ann Arbor back then. I used to commute past it on a fairly regular basis when I worked at ComShare Inc. (now www.comshare.com) in the summer of 1972. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu ###### From: colonel@monmouth.com (I fought the Tao and won) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 18 Jan 2001 16:10:55 -0500 Organization: Save the Dodoes Foundation Lines: 17 Message-ID: <947m4v$emq$1@shell.monmouth.com> References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell.monmouth.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.monmouth.com!shell.monmouth.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73628 In , eijkhout@disco.cs.utk.edu wrote: > > No, that can't be, because it was already called an ADM-3a Dumb Terminal. > Said so on the boxes. Must be Advanced Display Module, then. That's the first reasonable guess I've seen. Can anybody confirm it? -:- "To what do I owe the honor of this unexpected visit, Lord Ruthven . . . alias Lyford Pemberton!" H. C. Artmann, "Tom Parker, International Detective" -- Col. G. L. Sicherman home: colonel@mail.monmouth.com work: sicherman@lucent.com web: ###### From: "Mike" Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers References: <3a674781_2@news.iglou.com> <947kri$ci4$1@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Lines: 17 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:47:34 EST Organization: WebUseNet Corp http://www.usenetserver.com - Home of the fastest NNTP servers on the Net. Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:48:13 -0500 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-mue1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone-pass-sjo.usenetserver.com!e420r-atl1.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73710 > the ADM video > terminals were reliable, quiet, clean, versitile and even inexpensive. > They really were dream machines! I once purchased an ADM-3A for home use, solely to connect with Micronet, the forerunner of CompuServe. It was a nice terminal, but the power supply in mine always seemed flaky. I returned it for repair several times, but they never got it right. Compared to the other heavy, boxy terminals of that time (Hazeltine, etc.), the ADM was definitely a winner for its compact, quiet, and sleek design. IIRC, you could order them with white, green, or amber text. Mike ###### From: Eric Chomko Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: 19 Jan 2001 18:10:26 GMT Organization: IDT Internet Services Lines: 23 Message-ID: <949vui$4v@nnrp4.farm.idt.net> References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> <3a674781_2@news.iglou.com> <947kri$ci4$1@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: u1.farm.idt.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961025] Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.idt.net!nntp.farm.idt.net!u1.farm.idt.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:73595 In alt.folklore.computers Mike wrote: : > the ADM video : > terminals were reliable, quiet, clean, versitile and even inexpensive. : > They really were dream machines! : I once purchased an ADM-3A for home use, solely to connect with Micronet, : the forerunner of CompuServe. It was a nice terminal, but the power supply : in mine always seemed flaky. I returned it for repair several times, but : they never got it right. : Compared to the other heavy, boxy terminals of that time (Hazeltine, etc.), : the ADM was definitely a winner for its compact, quiet, and sleek design. : IIRC, you could order them with white, green, or amber text. I checked my manual last night: "ADM-3" all over the place but not a single reference to what "ADM" stands for. Eric : Mike ###### From: Gaby Chaudry Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: what does A.D.M. stand for? Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:30:55 -0800 Organization: CP/M Userclub Deutschland Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3A73683F.2D59@t-online.de> References: <944uc6$dc4$1@shell.monmouth.com> <947m4v$emq$1@shell.monmouth.com> Reply-To: gaby@gaby.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 980609820 07 9376 v9AqgBTSOAsMB 010127 15:37:00 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 02217327786-0001@t-dialin.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 DT [de]C-DT (Win16; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.ifi.unizh.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:74848 Hi! > > Said so on the boxes. Must be Advanced Display Module, then. > > That's the first reasonable guess I've seen. Can anybody confirm it? Not exactly. As far as I remember it was something even more simple like "A Display Monitor". Anyway, what about "A Devil in Masquerade" ? ;-)) Bye, Gaby -- Mrs. Gaby Chaudry Spixstr. 12 * D-81539 Muenchen http://www.gaby.de