Kaypro 2X questions

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Dec 9 18:20:58 1998

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:

> Don Maslin wrote:

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> > It may be, Russ. The 2X came toward the end of Kaypro's 8-bit production
> > and they were not exactly 'purebred'. In some cases they contained both
> > modem and realtime clock which they inherited from the 4/84. In others
> > those were absent as denoted by the unpopulated area on the right hand
> > side of the motherboard. Still the same basic etch, just not fully
> > populated. Generally, if the modem was present, the jack was identified.

What I should also have said is that if the modem is not present, the
jack is not connected to anything!
 
> Haven't had a chance to open it but the "other" jack appears to be a modem by
> the size of the jack being an RJ11 and other specs I've found at various
> places on the net. It boots quick though, especially for a 64K CP/M machine
> (once I figured out that I needed to lock the floppy drive). The modem isn't
> marked but as I said it seems to be. The unit is marked as a PN 81-025 on the
> back and is metallic blue with a light gray cover which is also the keyboard.
> It only says Kaypro on the screen print on the sides, not kaypro 2 like I've
> seen on other photos.
>
> > > Anyone have any manuals for the actual machine they want to sell, trade
> > > or copy?
> >
> > They really did not exist. Kaypro distributed a rather generic User
> > Guide that dated back to the early machines, and application specific
> > volumes for the bundled software and operating system.
> >
> > What are you looking for, I may be able to help.
>
> Just things to add to this already nice machine. Books, manuals, other
> software, etc. I have all the original disks to include CP/M 2.2F and S-BASIC
> and C-BASIC plus some copied software. It will be the first of the year before
> I can really play with it and get used to it. Other than my Commie C128D it's
> been 8 or 10 yrs since I've been "into" CP/M when I had my Epson PX-8.

Hmmm! I'd have expected CP/M-2.2G and MBASIC, WORDSTAR 3.30,
CALC/DATA/REPORTSTAR, etc.
                                                 - don
Received on Wed Dec 09 1998 - 18:20:58 GMT