> A copy of TeleDisk and a TeleDisk disk image and a PC with a 5.25" drive
> - preferably a 360k - is pretty much what you need. Because the o/s is
> contained in the boot track, the usual copy commands don't quite fo it.
>
> No, more likely there are some of the other jumpers set such that the
> Kaypro doesn't like it. And yes, you can hang 3.5" drives on instead.
> It means patching the BIOS to reflect the format differences, and of
> course you cannot format to 1440k (HD). Allison has done the 3.5" thing,
> I believe.
I'd love to know how this is done. :)
>
> > Also, on www.psyber.com/~tjc/ it says there's a western digital hard disk
> > controller. WD-1002-05 HDO. Is it possible to connect this to a K4? If so,
> > how? I don't see any open connectors on the motherboard offhand.
>
> Apparently, you have the so called 4/83 that uses full height drives.
> The 4/84s and 2Xs and 10s all had a 50 pin header that lead to an adapter
> board, which in turn led - by way of a 40 conductor ribbon - to the WD HD
> controller.
Actually the stickers on the back read "Kaypro 4 '84" and it has half height
drives. The drive connector feeds directly to the main board. to the rear
of that is what appears to be a connector that wasn't ever attached - there are
holes but no connector.
> > Anyway, the guy I got my K4 from has a K2 and a K2x - the latter of which
> > appears to be unable to boot, although I suspect reseating the chips would
> > solve it, and the former of which has a soda-contaminated keyboard with
> > some missing keys. If anyone's interested in these machines, let me know and
> > I'll forward your e-mail to him.
>
> If in fact that is a K2 rather than a KII, it might have the 50 pin header
> also. Kaypro played some games with model numbers, so it is a bit
> difficult to be absolutely certain sometimes.
>
> - don
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Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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