KayLink

Overview

KayLink is a software and hardware bundle to allow a CP/M or DOS computer to link to a Mini or Mainframe computer.

A boxed copy of the KayLink hardware and software for a DOS based system.

KAYPRO manufactures a full line of complete microcomputers exhibiting standard features considered to be options by others. But the crucial question being asked in today's modern office is, "Can these microcomputers communicate with the company's minicomputer or mainframe?" To address this issue, KAYPRO has adopted KayLink - a system that allows KAYPRO computers to share resources and actively communicate with popular minicomputers and mainframes. It permits the user to send and receive both data and porgram files to or from any machine utilizing the HASP protocol.

A protocol is simply a set of rules that computers obey in talking with one another, and HASP (sometimes known as POWER, JES, RES, or MRJE) is one of the fastest, safest, and most versatile. This means that KayLink enables the KAYPRO 2, 4 or 10 to exchange information with larger computers from comapnies such as IBM, Control Data Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Cray, Harris, Data General, Tandem, Burroughs and Modcomp. Just imagine the unlimited possibilities of a system that allows you to load data from the larger company computer down to the KAYPRO, permitting complete portability of information. KayLink is just such a system.

Powerful Ease of Use
KayLink was carefully designed so that it may be easily operated by both the novice and the experienced user. It is driven by simple menus rather than typed commands and assumes no specific knowledge of the CP/M operating system. Additionally, further assistance at any time is obtained by pressing the "Help" key. KayLink even provides the convience of a simple yet powerful screen oriented text editor for short-job entry. KayLink was developed to allow KAYPRO computers to become the essential human interface between you and your company's minicomputer/mainframe.

Sophisticated, Simple and Secure
Today, security is a major concern, especially in a public environment. Recognizing this problem, several precautions have been built into the KayLink system. For instance, two keystrokes cause typed characters to appear as X's on the KAYPRO screen, thus hiding them from onlookers. While using the KayLink text editor, data is protected through the use of passwords. Text may be sent, saved, or examined only by using the same password that was used to create it. KayLink - a data processing communications package providing the sophistication, simplicity, and security required by today's modern office.
(New Product Release letter, Kaypro Corp., no date)

Hardware

DOS based