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On November 1, Nonlinear Systems will reportedly begin offering a different software package with the Kaypro II. A company source told InfoWorld that the Select word processor will be dropped; the company will be supplying PerfectWriter, PerfectCalc, PerfectSpeller and PerfectMailer, along with SBASIC, CP/M and Profit Plan.<br>
On November 1, Nonlinear Systems will reportedly begin offering a different software package with the Kaypro II. A company source told InfoWorld that the Select word processor will be dropped; the company will be supplying PerfectWriter, PerfectCalc, PerfectSpeller and PerfectMailer, along with SBASIC, CP/M and Profit Plan.<br>
(Infoworld, October 18, 1982)
(Infoworld, October 18, 1982)
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'''Kaypro Bundles Micro Applications'''<br>
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. Kay Computers has signed a multi-million agreement to bundle word processing, electronic spreadsheet capabilities, spelling checker, and filing system into its Kaypro II portable computer.<br>
The four packages are Perfect Writer, Perfect Filer, Perfect Calc, and Perfect Speller from Perfect Software Inc. The Kaypro II, which also comes with Profit-plan spreadsheet, CP/M 2.2, and SBasic, sell for $1,795.<br>
Kaypro claims that the four packages make the Kaypro II the first microcomputer to come with fully integrated software. All the packages are written in C language; hence they all have the same command and control structure, according to David Kay, marketing vice president.<br>
"When you've learned one, you've learned them all," he said.<br>
The Kaypro II features 64K of RAM Memory, 9-inch high-resolution video screen capable of displaying 80 columns by 24 rows, dual double density disk drives providing up to 200K of unformatted storage, metal casing for portability, and detachable keyboard.<br>
Kaypro Computers, a division of Non-Linear Systems Inc., is at 533 Stevens Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075.<br>
(Unknown Newspaper, 'Software News', December 1982)
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CPM machines

News

The Kaypro II package includes the Select word processor from Select Systems, the Profit Plan spreadsheet from Chang Labs, an SBASIC compiler from Topaz programming and version 2.2 of the CP/M operating system. The operating system includes the standard utilities supplied by Digital Research plus special utilities to set the baud rate of the serial port and configure the I/0 ports. It also comes with a simple dumb-terminal program.

On November 1, Nonlinear Systems will reportedly begin offering a different software package with the Kaypro II. A company source told InfoWorld that the Select word processor will be dropped; the company will be supplying PerfectWriter, PerfectCalc, PerfectSpeller and PerfectMailer, along with SBASIC, CP/M and Profit Plan.
(Infoworld, October 18, 1982)

Kaypro Bundles Micro Applications
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. Kay Computers has signed a multi-million agreement to bundle word processing, electronic spreadsheet capabilities, spelling checker, and filing system into its Kaypro II portable computer.
The four packages are Perfect Writer, Perfect Filer, Perfect Calc, and Perfect Speller from Perfect Software Inc. The Kaypro II, which also comes with Profit-plan spreadsheet, CP/M 2.2, and SBasic, sell for $1,795.
Kaypro claims that the four packages make the Kaypro II the first microcomputer to come with fully integrated software. All the packages are written in C language; hence they all have the same command and control structure, according to David Kay, marketing vice president.
"When you've learned one, you've learned them all," he said.
The Kaypro II features 64K of RAM Memory, 9-inch high-resolution video screen capable of displaying 80 columns by 24 rows, dual double density disk drives providing up to 200K of unformatted storage, metal casing for portability, and detachable keyboard.
Kaypro Computers, a division of Non-Linear Systems Inc., is at 533 Stevens Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075.
(Unknown Newspaper, 'Software News', December 1982)

CPM Software Table

Software Included with Machines
Model (Date) ProfitPlan Perfect Writer Perfect Filer Perfect Calc M-BASIC 80 S-BASIC CBASIC WORD Plus Uniform Wordstar MailMerge DataStar SuperSort CalcStar ReportStar Suprterm Multi-Format MicroPlan MITE DBII
K II (March 1983) X X X X X X X
K 4 (October 1983) X X X X X X X X
K 4 (January 1984) X X X X X X X X X
K 2 (March 1984) X X X X X X X X
K 4 (March 1984) X X X X X X X X X
Model PP PW PF PC B80 SB CB WP U WS MM DS SS CS RS ST MF MP MITE DBII
K 2 (Dec 1984) X X X X X X X X X
K 2X (Dec 1984) X X X X X As InfoStar X As InfoStar X
New 2 (Dec 1984) X X
New 2 Upgrade (Dec 1984) X X X X X X
K 4 (Dec 1984) X X X X X X As InfoStar X As InfoStar X X X X
K 10 (Dec 1984) X X X X X X As InfoStar X As InfoStar X X X X

(K II (March 1983) - Congratualations Letter)
(K 4 (October 1983) - Congratualations Letter)
(K 4 (January 1984) - Congratualations Letter)
(K 2 (March 1984) - Congratualations Letter)
(K 4 (March 1984) - Congratualations Letter)
(K 2 (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(K 2X (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(New 2 (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(New 2 Upgrade (Dec 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(K 4 (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(K 10 (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)

DOS Machines

DOS Software Table

Model WordStar MailMerge InfoStar CalcStar CorrectStar StarIndex MITE GW-BASIC PolyWindows
K 16 (Dec 1984) X X X X X X
K PC (Jan 1986) X X X X X X X
K PC (June 1986) X X X X X X X

(K 16 (December 1984) - Dealer Operations Manual)
(K PC (January 1986) - Kaypro PC Software Package Checklist)
(K PC (June 1986) - Kaypro PC Software Package Checklist)