Date   : Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:35:08 GMT
From   : digex.com!gjw@uunet.uu.net (Gregory Watson)
Subject: Re: Please help me identify this Kaypro!

In article <1992Sep13.233104.27654@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kharber@ecn.purdue.edu
(Keith A Harber) writes:
>I have the following Kaypro portable computer.  It has a Z80 in it, runs
>CP/M, and has no hard drive--I think it only has 128k ram.

       It is a 4Mhz Z80A with 64K.
>
>"Kaypro" in blue on sides of machine, blue keyboard.  "Kaypro" on top
>left of keyboard.  Front of computer has gray CRT, displays green text on
>black background.  A blue "1" is near the 2 disk drives A and B, which are
>half height drives mounted VERTICALLY on the right.  On the back of the
>machine, underneath the handle, is "KAYPRO 1" in blue, next to it is a 
>sticker with Kaypro 2 on it, along with FCC ID CUL7XLKP2.  The serial #
>on the back of the machine is 391875.  Other than the reset button, power
>switch, fuse, power input, and brightness controls, there is the following:
>
>J2, six pin phone type connector
>J3, serial printer output port
>J4, Modem I/O port (serial)
>J5, Keyboard 4 pin phone type connector
>J6, Parallel Printer output port
>
>I'd appreciate any help in identifying this Kaypro, someone told me that
>Kaypro maybe just had a few Kaypro 1's for testing/prototype purposes, and
>it evolved into the Kaypro 2 and this one was modified to be a 2.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Keith Harber
>kharber@ed.ecn.purdue.edu
>
       No, it really is a Kaypro 1.  The Kaypro 1 was introduced
around 1985 or so.  It came after all of the Kaypro 2's.  A brief
description of what is has is: 64K, 2 Ds/DD disk drives, 2 serial, 1
parallel, came with CP/M and Perfect Writer.  It has what was called
the "Universal Roms", which was when Kaypro finally got around to
standardizing the roms in all of the machines.

       I have one of them sitting downstairs, along with an original
II'83 and all of the documentation if that can help.  I've also
cross-posted this to comp.os.cpm (which is why I left in so much of
the article.  Apologies to those who get concerned about that sort of
thing.)

                       Gregory Watson
                       gjw@access.digex.com
                       gjw1@midway.uchicago.edu (if the above fails)


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