13 Oct
1997
13 Oct
'97
6:53 a.m.
On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
I just picked up a Kaypro 2 (with several missing keys) at one of the
local Salvation Army stores.
It won't recognize my Kaypro II disks, and it takes longer to come up with
the "I cannot read your diskette" message than the Kaypro II does (when I
shove MS-DOS disks in them).
Is the Kaypro 2 broken, or does it use a different disk format from the
Kaypro II? I notice that the startup message is different, so they must
have different ROM revisions.
No, the format is the same, but the different ROM version requires a
different Kaypro revision of CP/M-2.2. I am assuming that your II has
full height drives and the 2 has half high ones. If a 2, they would
still be single sided, but if a 2X then double sided.
- don
What are the differences (other than the obvious
cosmetic differences)
between these two models?
Thanks.
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
donm(a)cts.com
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