2 Nov
1998
2 Nov
'98
10:25 p.m.
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:
Nope, it doesn't have the clock or the modem (though the RJ-11 for the
modem is there). The board is laid out for them, it's just that all the
holes are still plated through.
<<<john>>>
What blows that all to dust is a machine like
mine. The box is
kaypro-1 (81-021) written all over the outside but, the board is
apparently 4-84 and it's equipped with handyman, Advent turbo rom
and a 2mb Ramdisk. I tell people it says kaypro-1 (number 1!) and
they say two full height drives with slots horizontal but, mine has
two half height two sided drives mounted vertical. Apparently it
was a 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Fochevromercysler!
The Kaypro 1 was about the last 8-bit machine that they built, Allison.
I am a bit fuzzy on it - haven't seen that many - but it seems to me that
it did have the drives mounted vertical. As issued, it had an 81-294
motherboard, and the 81-478 (U-ROM) EPROM. I believe that it had the
in-built modem and real-time clock as well. The Turbo-ROM was a major
improvement!