27 Sep
1999
27 Sep
'99
4:30 p.m.
In a message dated 09/27/1999 7:58:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
DD950(a)prodigy.net writes:
Welcome to the list. I and the other three people
here besides myself that
are interested in KayPro welcome you.
Make that four! I bought a Kaypro 10 recently (after seeking advice from
people on this list) and I like it!
I threw my 2X-84 away in 1995. Wish
I would have kept it. They are selling on eBay now for $35-40. :-)
Shame, shame!
I have thought of trying to collect some information
on KayPro and make a
dedicated Web page. Problem is I do not have any material or knowledge of
the company and can't find any here in the boonies.
Don't feel bad -- I'm in the giant megalopolis of Orlando Florida and there's
no abundance of information here, either.
A short time ago I remarked how the Coleco Adam still
had venders, User
Groups, and many Web pages while the KayPro has almost disappeared.
Likewise with the Sinclair and Timex/Sinclair machines I collect -- there are
many active user groups around the world who share software, as well as
hardware groups who have made available devices such as disk drive
interfaces, data transfer to/from IBM-type pcs, etc. But nothing for the
Kaypro.
Perhaps this is because the Kaypro computers weren't "hobbyist" computers --
they were designed and marketed as "business" machines. As far as I can tell
there was very little third-party hardware sold for the Kaypro, and they were
not exactly designed to be modified (people on the list, please correct me if
I'm wrong ;>)
Glen Goodwin
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