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Description of Kaypro models

Kaypro

Kaypro II - 1982

  • First commercial release
  • No graphics feature (ASCII only)
  • Z80 (2,5Mhz)
  • 2 single sided / double density (SS/DD) floppy drive
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M 2.2

Kaypro IV - 1983

  • Evolution of Kaypro II
  • No graphics feature (ASCII only)
  • Z80 (2,5Mhz)
  • 2 single sided / double density (SS/DD) floppy drive
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M 2.2

Kaypro 10 - 1983

  • First model to come with a hard drive
  • Have a graphic mode (?)
  • Z80A (4Mhz)
  • 1 single sided / double density (SS/DD) floppy drive
  • 1 HDD 10 Mb
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M, ZCPR

Kaypro 4 - 1984

  • Have a graphic mode (?)
  • Z80A (4Mhz)
  • Coprocessor Motorola 6845 (video controller)
  • 2 double sided / double density (DS/DD) floppy drive
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M 2.2

Kaypro 2X - 1984

  • Same as kaypro 4 without modem (?)
  • Have a graphic mode
  • Z80A (4Mhz)
  • 2 double sided / double density (DS/DD) floppy drive
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M 2.2

Kaypro 2 - 1985

  • Seems to be a reissue of Kaypro II
  • Z80A (4Mhz)
  • 2 double sided / double density (DS/DD) floppy drive
  • 64 kb RAM
  • CP/M 2.2

Kaypro 16 - 1985

  • Similar to kaypro 10, last model of this series...
  • i8088 (4,77Mhz)
  • 2 double sided / double density (DS/DD) floppy drive
  • 16 Mb HDD
  • 256 kb RAM
  • CP/M, MS-DOS
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