Kaypro 4

From: David_A._Vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov <(David_A._Vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov)>
Date: Tue May 20 07:47:11 1997

>Anyone ever heard of a Kaypro 4? I know what the Kaypro is, but this
>specific model? When was it released and what does it run? What type of
>CPU does it have?

 Gee. One I can answer. I'm not a collector like you folks, but I did use
 Kaypros and other CP/M machines for about a decade. The Kaypro 4 is your
 basic Kaypro transportable with a Z80 CPU (probably 4 MHz) and 64K RAM. It
 has two DSDD floppies which give 390K each in Kaypro's format, which is where
 the "4" comes from. At some point in 1984 or later, Kaypro switched from
 using Roman to Arabic numerals. Thus the 4, as opposed to the IV, is a later
 machine. Some of the later machines had a built in 300 bps modem, but if
 memory serves those all had "X" suffixes, as in Kaypro 2X (which
 paradoxically also had DSDD floppies, not the SSDDs of the Kaypro II).

 --Dav
 david_a._vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov
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