Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog From: roadhog@austex (Lindsay Haisley) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Finally I got it: Kaypro 10! Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 91 00:25:04 GMT References: <1991Feb1.113109.337@santra.uucp> Organization: The Texas Feedlot Lines: 45 jjj@wonderwoman.hut.fi (Joni Jaakko J{rvenkyl{) writes: > I saw a Kaypro 10 first time for 6 years ago, and now I finally managed to > buy myself one. Wow is this great! > > It's goit the standard 10 MB half height HDD installed. Is there any > possibility for adding a second 10 MB disk drive, or possibly even one of > greater capacity? The controller board seems to have one free > data/controller cable connector. > The K-10 native ROM will only support one hd of 10 megs. If you replace the native Kaypro ROM with a TurboROM, you can use up to two hard drives of 56 mb each. > Is there any possibility to speed the whole machine up a little, f ex > changing the crystal to a bigger one (if this help at all)? > I have heard of people doing this, but be careful. Too much speed and the whole thing goes to lunch! > Is there a VT100 emulator program which would work at 9600 or 19200 bps? If > I wanted hardware flow control too, am I completely out of Kaypro's > capabilities/the software done this far? > The Kaypro video is notoriously slow, and you must be careful with any software which must wait for the K-10's video to update the screen. I have to set 9 nulls for screen captures from remotes RAS's on my K-10 or I lose characters. At the risk of sounding like a commercial, I'll repeat again that the current source for the Kaypro TurboROM is Sage Microsystems East. The BBS number there is 617-965-7259, vox 617-965-3552. Send snail-mail to Jay Sage, Sage Microsystems East, 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre, MA 02159-2469. BBS password is DDT. I have 2 K-10's in the house, both of which have TurboROMs and I'm very happy with the system improvements they provide. "Everything works if you let it!" --- Travis J. Redfish +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ uucp: austex!roadhog@emx.utexas.edu OR roadhog%austex.uucp@emx.utexas.edu BBS: (512) 259-1261 (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)