About VCF 2.0 and system design

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Nov 2 23:01:45 1998

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:

> What blows that all to dust is a machine like mine. The box is
> kaypro-1 (81-021) written all over the outside but, the board is
> apparently 4-84 and it's equipped with handyman, Advent turbo rom
> and a 2mb Ramdisk. I tell people it says kaypro-1 (number 1!) and
> they say two full height drives with slots horizontal but, mine has
> two half height two sided drives mounted vertical. Apparently it
> was a 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Fochevromercysler!
 
The Kaypro 1 was about the last 8-bit machine that they built, Allison.
I am a bit fuzzy on it - haven't seen that many - but it seems to me that
it did have the drives mounted vertical. As issued, it had an 81-294
motherboard, and the 81-478 (U-ROM) EPROM. I believe that it had the
in-built modem and real-time clock as well. The Turbo-ROM was a major
improvement!

> PS: Fochevromercysler was one name given to a a mishmash of engine,
> transmission body, suspension parts that came from Ford, Chevy, Mercury,
> Chrysler. Seems a friend of mine had no loyalty to any one car.

                                                 - don
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 23:01:45 GMT