18 May
2005
18 May
'05
3:23 p.m.
Subject: Re: Kaypro II system disk?
From: Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:30:08 -0500
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Allison wrote:
I would *happily* install a 3.5" floppy drive in this box, and
possibly ship you my firstborn** to boot, if it'll get this guy up and
running. As you said, the box is already heavily modded, and if I
understand correctly, the primary function of the TurboROM is to allow
more and larger disk formats. I have plenty of DSDD 3.5"floppies, too.
But you can't. To use 3.5" drives with turbrom you also need the
advent personality card. I had to make mine. Otherwise you are
limited to a smaller set of possible formats.
Subject:
Re: Kaypro II system disk?
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc at mdrconsult.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:20 AM
> Apropos to the discussion of Don Maslin's archives, I need a bootable
>disk image for a Kaypro II with the Advent TurboROM (Plu*Perfect Systems)
>The Advent hard disk formatter would be a plus, but right now I'd be happy
>just to boot CP/M on the thing.
>
> FWIW, it's got one original SSDD floppy drive, a Rodime 252F hard disk
>and an Advent .5MB RAM drive. It's the v3.0 TurboROM.
>
>Doc
Doc did you ever get a disk? What drive(s) does that system have
installed?
I have A kaypro 4/84 I use with with Advent Turborom and Ramdisk
however I have mine set up with some 3.5" drives. Mine doesn't
have a host controller so no hard disk. I'd need to pull out one
drive to set up the right drive to make a boot disk. I modded it
years ago to improve functionality rather than preserve it as
manufactured mostly as it was already not original. It would be nice to have the HDD formatter, but
that's not an
immediate concern. With the Rodime dying, I will have to find a "new"
MFM disk for it anyway.
I don't have the formatter for that. The rodime I believe is the same
as a ST225 which is a better drive.
Allison