new toy!

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Fri Jan 29 17:02:48 1999

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:

> > 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. :)

Which?
 
> > > 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.

Well, if that is so, it should have a 50 pin header or the traces and
pads for it on the right hand edge of the motherboard just beyond the
floppy connection header.
 
> > > 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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