26 Apr
1998
26 Apr
'98
6:41 p.m.
On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
Actually, you can hear complete rendering of the history of KayPro on the
VCF 1.0 Lecture Series that will be released this May. Stephen Stone, one
of VCF's speakers, did a lot of research and gave a very thorough
discourse on the life and times of KayPro.
If nobody
wants the Kaypro PeeCee, I suppose I could pull all of the cards
out for interested parties and ship them. If, however, someone wants the
machine whole, obviously it will be kept whole.
I remember Kaypro (Non-Linear Systems, wasn't it?) going up in flames when
they couldn't manage the growth that came from the original Kaypro (they
started hiring family members at all top positions in the company, and one
analysis quipped that they had too many Kays and needed more pros :-). I don't remember ever seeing a desktop PC coming
from them. Anybody know
how rare this box is? Sounds like a keeper.
Not really. I've seen a few around and have passed simply because of
their blandness. I didn't realize they were passive backplane though,
which makes them a little interesting. I'll pick one up eventually when
there's nothing else to grab one day. Again, Stephen discusses the Kays'
decision to release a desktop PC compatible on the tape.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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