Date   : Thu, 11 Jun 1992 22:09:12 GMT
From   : mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!ea.ecn.purdue.edu!wieland@purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland)
Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation

In article <jimf.708288304@centerline.com> jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
writes:
>My machine has a brother in Chicago!  I've got an '83 too.  I used it
>regularly for word processing until buying a high-speed modem and
>finding out it couldn't sustain 2400bps communications, much less 9600
>or higher.  I had to buy an actual MS-LOSS machine.
>
>The Kaypro has its place in my heart though, and occasionally makes a
>very nice stool.
>
>jim frost
>jimf@centerline.com

I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps.  How, you ask?  Interrupts!
If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for
speedy communications.  Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and
my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets
the job done.  And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters.

Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called 
fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't
perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you
are finished.  The source is there too for your hacking pleasure.

Use a Kaypro for a stool????  I think we could find it a good home
somewhere.
--
                           Jeff Wieland
                       wieland@ecn.purdue.edu