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==Mods for this board==
On page 44 of the June-July edition of Micro Cornucopia there is an article about upgrading this motherboard to work with 256K. If your machine has an additional board with a 74LS393, 74LS158 and 74LS153 plus the 8 RAM chips have been replaced by 64K RAM chips then you likely have this mod. Click here for this [https://bitsavers.org/magazines/Micro_Cornucopia/Micro_Cornucopia_30_Jun86.pdf Micro C]

Revision as of 14:33, 26 October 2026

81-240A General Info

The 81-240A 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
#69691 14084 189-W 81-232A 81-146A K4 81-004 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

Mods for this board

On page 44 of the June-July edition of Micro Cornucopia there is an article about upgrading this motherboard to work with 256K. If your machine has an additional board with a 74LS393, 74LS158 and 74LS153 plus the 8 RAM chips have been replaced by 64K RAM chips then you likely have this mod. Click here for this Micro C