Kaypro 10 (81-005) - Revision history

FrankRahman at 11:51, 17 August 2026

2026-08-17T11:51:14Z

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			First Units?:<br>
			April 1983 (CommuniKay, June 1983)<br>
			May 1983 (Annual Report 1983)<br>
			August 1983 (San Diego Union)

	==Kaypro 10's Predecessor (Kaypro 5)==		==Kaypro 10's Predecessor (Kaypro 5)==
	The Kaypro 5 never went into production. It appears that by the time they were ready for production the cost of a 10MB hard drive was not much more than a 5MB hard drive so they went straight to the K10.		The Kaypro 5 never went into production. It appears that by the time they were ready for production the cost of a 10MB hard drive was not much more than a 5MB hard drive so they went straight to the K10.

FrankRahman: /* K10 Press */

2026-08-09T23:38:09Z

K10 Press

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	The big news is the Kaypro 10, which incorporates an internal 10-megabyte hard disk as well as one double-sided, double-density, half-height floppy-disk drive (380K bytes of storage). The Kaypro 10 itself is an upgrade of the Kaypro 5, a 5-megabyte hard-disk portable shown in 1982 but never produced in quantity. The Kaypro 10, including software, will put you back only $2795.<br>		The big news is the Kaypro 10, which incorporates an internal 10-megabyte hard disk as well as one double-sided, double-density, half-height floppy-disk drive (380K bytes of storage). The Kaypro 10 itself is an upgrade of the Kaypro 5, a 5-megabyte hard-disk portable shown in 1982 but never produced in quantity. The Kaypro 10, including software, will put you back only $2795.<br>
	(Byte Magazine, September 1983)		(Byte Magazine, September 1983)
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			<blockquote>
			Within months of its birth, the Kaypro II had become a classic. It was joined in 1983 by the Kaypro 4, which sported double sided, double density disk drives for more storage, and then by the Kaypro 10, another major pathbreaker for the industry: the first-ever affordable hard disk computer for mass storage (featuring a built-in 10 megabyte hard disk), built for portability as well.

			Reviewing the Kaypro 10 recently, Infoworld magazine wrote, "The Kaypro 10 is a welcome addition in today's hardware carnival--it gives consumers who want a hard-disk system the chance to buy a quality product at a good price."<br>
			([[Kaypro: Thirty Years of Innovative Experience]], 1983)
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FrankRahman: /* News before the release of the K10 */

2026-08-04T13:41:11Z

News before the release of the K10

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	Priced at $2,795, the Kaypro 10 will be available to dealers next year.<br>		Priced at $2,795, the Kaypro 10 will be available to dealers next year.<br>
	(Clipping)		(News Paper Clipping, but consistent with PR Tech Sheet from June 1983)
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FrankRahman: /* Kaypro 10's Predecessor (Kaypro 5) */

2026-07-05T03:51:42Z

Kaypro 10's Predecessor (Kaypro 5)

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	Both units have 64K of RAM, run CP/M and include, in their purchase prices, SBasic from Topaz Programming, Profit Plan from Chang Laboratories and the Select word processing package from Select Systems.<br>		Both units have 64K of RAM, run CP/M and include, in their purchase prices, SBasic from Topaz Programming, Profit Plan from Chang Laboratories and the Select word processing package from Select Systems.<br>
	(Newspaper clipping, no citation)		(Newspaper clipping, no citation)
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			<blockquote>
			The Kaypro 5, scheduled to be available this quarter, is the same as the Kaypro II except that the Kaypro 5 includes one floppy disk and one 5.5 megabyte Winchester hard disk as storage media.
			(Small Computer Systems, December 1982)

			It also lists both the Kaypro II and 5 as not having Graphics
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FrankRahman: /* Light Pen? */

2026-02-18T23:21:42Z

Light Pen?

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	(Profiles V3 N6)		(Profiles V3 N6)

	===Light Pen?===		===Light Pen===
	"... the light pen plug on the Kaypro 10 doesn't work. When the computer was designed, Kaypro had planned to have one, but never found time to finish it."<br>		"... the light pen plug on the Kaypro 10 doesn't work. When the computer was designed, Kaypro had planned to have one, but never found time to finish it."<br>
	(Profiles, September 1986)		(Profiles, September 1986)

FrankRahman: /* Light Pen? */

2026-02-18T23:20:53Z

Light Pen?

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	"... the light pen plug on the Kaypro 10 doesn't work. When the computer was designed, Kaypro had planned to have one, but never found time to finish it."<br>		"... the light pen plug on the Kaypro 10 doesn't work. When the computer was designed, Kaypro had planned to have one, but never found time to finish it."<br>
	(Profiles, September 1986)		(Profiles, September 1986)

			The [[Video Chip]] an SY6545A-1 supports the use of a light pen.

	===K10 Known Errors===		===K10 Known Errors===

FrankRahman: FrankRahman moved page Kaypro 10 to Kaypro 10 (81-005)

2026-01-01T18:46:53Z

FrankRahman moved page Kaypro 10 to Kaypro 10 (81-005)

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FrankRahman: /* Kaypro 10 */

2026-01-01T18:46:35Z

Kaypro 10

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	[[File:Kaypro 10 brochure.jpg\|600px]] --->		[[File:Kaypro 10 brochure.jpg\|600px]] --->
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			[[File:K10 81-005 label.jpg\|400px]]

	====Manual====		====Manual====

FrankRahman: /* Kaypro 10 */

2025-12-31T15:49:08Z

Kaypro 10

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FrankRahman: /* Images from the Pre-Release Brochure */

2025-12-31T15:47:09Z

Images from the Pre-Release Brochure

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	This pre-release version has a hard drive with a visible cover panel and horizontal drive configuration.		This pre-release version has a hard drive with a visible cover panel and horizontal drive configuration.

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