Date : Thu, 07 Feb 1991 00:25:04 GMT
From : att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Finally I got it: Kaypro 10!
jjj@wonderwoman.hut.fi (Joni Jaakko J{rvenkyl{) writes:
> I saw a Kaypro 10 first time for 6 years ago, and now I finally managed to
> buy myself one. Wow is this great!
>
> It's goit the standard 10 MB half height HDD installed. Is there any
> possibility for adding a second 10 MB disk drive, or possibly even one of
> greater capacity? The controller board seems to have one free
> data/controller cable connector.
>
The K-10 native ROM will only support one hd of 10 megs. If you replace
the native Kaypro ROM with a TurboROM, you can use up to two hard drives
of 56 mb each.
> Is there any possibility to speed the whole machine up a little, f ex
> changing the crystal to a bigger one (if this help at all)?
>
I have heard of people doing this, but be careful. Too much speed
and the whole thing goes to lunch!
> Is there a VT100 emulator program which would work at 9600 or 19200 bps? If
> I wanted hardware flow control too, am I completely out of Kaypro's
> capabilities/the software done this far?
>
The Kaypro video is notoriously slow, and you must be careful with any
software which must wait for the K-10's video to update the screen. I
have to set 9 nulls for screen captures from remotes RAS's on my K-10 or
I lose characters.
At the risk of sounding like a commercial, I'll repeat again that the
current source for the Kaypro TurboROM is Sage Microsystems East. The
BBS number there is 617-965-7259, vox 617-965-3552. Send snail-mail to
Jay Sage, Sage Microsystems East, 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre, MA
02159-2469. BBS password is DDT.
I have 2 K-10's in the house, both of which have TurboROMs and I'm very
happy with the system improvements they provide.
"Everything works if you let it!"
--- Travis J. Redfish
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