Mainboard 81-240

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81-240 General Info

The 81-240 Mainboard was used for both the Kaypro II '83 and Kaypro 4 '83 machines. According to reports it detected if it was reading a single or double sided drive and would continue to function based on that data.

The previous board for the Kaypro II was the 81-110.

The universal board would replace it for the K2 '84 and K4 '84.


81-240A Machines

Serial Num Board Num QC Sticker Monitor ROM Char ROM Kaypro Model Notes
#16679 30484 none 81-232 81-146 KII No Model Num Likely a FrankenKaypro due to multiple parts from multiple eras.
Shield
#17083 53883 M-681? 81-232 81-146 KII No Model Num FrankenKaypro?
Shield
#76797 21658 NLS FT 51? 81-232A 81-146A KII 81-003 Shield
#102622 20433 162-W 81-232 81-146A KII 81-003 Shield
Loose board 2980 81-232 "CHAR V2.2 1992 D. Th?
Loose board 29566 81-232A 81-146A Shield
Loose board 29682 81-232 81-146 Shield