On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, D. Peschel wrote:
> > I may need your help in the near future. I just aquired a Kaypro 4
> > this weekend (just ~25 USD) - its in a bad visual state, but it
> > seems to work (I cleand it, and it is powering up), but there where
> > no system or application disks. So geting the system disks would
> > be helpfull. Do you have some, ode do you know someone who does ?
>
> Yes. Don Maslin, who reads this list, will send you CP/M and a bunch of
> other disks. He has almost every CP/M disk format known to man -- he does
> a great job.
>
> There were a couple different models of the Kaypro 4 (Kaypro reused their
> model numbers even after making major internal design changes -- I detest this
> practice of reusing model numbers; so far Kaypro is the only company I've seen
> that does this). I think each needs a different version of CP/M.
>
> Take the case off, and look for a number like 8x-xxx-x on one or more of the
> chips on the motherboard. The last x may be a letter (probably A) or a number
> or might not be there at all. Kaypro's part-numbering system was rather
> erratic, it seems.
>
> * 81-240 original (1983? maybe 1982) Kaypro 4
> 81-232 1983 Kaypro 4
> * 81-184 1984 Kaypro 4 (a.k.a. Kaypro 4'84)
> 81-292 1984 Kaypro 4 (newest ROM version for this machine)
> # 81-296 Kaypro 4X (with super-high-density floppies)
> 81-146 character ROM
> 81-187 character ROM
> 81-235 character ROM
>
> There was also a Kaypro IV but in a quick search through my technical manual,
> I can't find any info about it.
>
> Get in touch with Don or wait for him to reply to my message :) and give him
> the ROM version. He has CP/M, BASIC, Wordstar, MASM, etc. There's a URL but
> I don't have it right now.
Here I am Derek! As a matter of information, I have the numbers marked
with an '*' as motherboard models not EPROMs, and the '#' having a board
number of 81-297 with EPROM of 81-326.
- don
> Good luck,
>
> -- Derek
>
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