Kaypro PC?

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Jan 3 11:22:26 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Schaefer [mailto:rschaefe_at_gcfn.org]

> I'm looking for info on one of these. I's some kind of XT
> clone, with an
> eight-bit passive backplane and an upgraded V20 on a CPU
> card. It runs
> MSDOS, and
> currently boots into dosshell. A little googling turns up
> numerous resumes
> containing Kaypro PC, and a number of old classiccmp posts
> regarding them,
> but no real info. kaypro.com seems to be down ATM. I'd
> especially like to
> know what the switch and pushbutton on the back of the CPU
> card do. IIRC
> it's not a reset button, but I might be mis-remembering.

Well, I have one of these. It was given to me a week ago. I have both the computer itself, and a kaypro monitor (in original box ;). No documentation or anything.

Let me know if you find out anything interesting. I haven't tried powering it on yet.

Chris


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