About VCF 2.0 and system design

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Tue Nov 3 06:25:34 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!

Nope, it doesn't have the clock or the modem (though the RJ-11 for the
modem is there). The board is laid out for them, it's just that all the
holes are still plated through.

<<<john>>>
Received on Tue Nov 03 1998 - 06:25:34 GMT