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Subject: Re: Kaypro flaky???? - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 28-Nov-83 15:21:57 EST
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From:  Michal Young <young.uci-750b@rand-relay>

One reason there might be a lot of service calls for Kaypros is that
there are lots and lots of Kaypros out there.  Also, early Kaypros
(up until about 8 months ago, I think) had a timing problem between
the disk controller and CPU.  Mine is one of those, and it occasionally
writes garbage on a disk, rendering it unreadable.  The fix for this
problem has been published in Micro-Cornucopia.  Also, disk drives don't
seem to be well tested on Kaypros-- a large percentage seem to have 
drive problems within the first month or so. But other than that ...
Actually, they seem to be solidly built and dependable after the initial
break-in period.  One dealer I know recommends setting up an infinite
loop copying disk A to B and back, and letting it run for 24 hours,
to make sure the drives die in the first few days if they are going
to die at all.
			--  young@uci-750b