Date   : Thu, 25 Apr 1991 15:18:48 GMT
From   : haven.umd.edu!umbc3.umbc.edu!umbc5.umbc.edu!ac999303@purdue.edu (ac999303)
Subject: Re: Finding System Software.

schwartz@liszt.CES.CWRU.Edu (David Schwartz) writes:

>Last week I bought an antique OSBORNE 1 computer.  It seems to be in
>good working order but I have no system software.

I'm in the same boat.  A friend gave me a Kaypro 4 several days ago,
sans any diskettes.  I have the manuals for the box, plus those for
CP/M 2.0 (addendums to 2.2), CBASIC, S-BASIC, MS BASIC, Kaypro WORD,
and Microplan.

>I'm also looking for applications software.

Me too.  I am not sure of the legalities involved, but I would like to
acquire the software for which I already have the manuals.  I am
familiar with the process of FTP to obtain public domain programs, but
they don't do me much good w/o the o/s to run them.

>No, I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet. 

Me neither.  I also got a quite nice daisy wheel printer (which is
currently being put to use off a spare serial port on my PC/AT)
so I (or my sister) could use it for word processing, and I have a
spare 1200 baud modem that I can plug into the Kaypro's serial port.
I'm sure I can find a PD VT-100 emulator.

It's certainly a curiosity that will remain on the shelf next to my
old Apple ][.

>Any OSBORNE owners out there who can help?

Any KAYPRO owners out there who can help?

Thanks in advance for all those E-mails I expect to receive!   ;-)

Peter Johansson
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