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- 16:34, 28 October 2025 NLS S-1 Descriptive Literature (hist | edit) [981 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==X-1 High Speed DVM== NLS X-1 Brochure")
- 13:40, 28 October 2025 NLS videos (hist | edit) [137 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gKfIULoNc Model 64 Video] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flDgE-VRPTE Model 481 with 1100 Converter]")
- 01:11, 28 October 2025 NLS (hist | edit) [545 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "NLS Manuals")
- 01:09, 28 October 2025 NLS Manuals (hist | edit) [2,163 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Meters== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Model !! Year !! Name !! PDF |- | 481 || 1958* || Industrial Voltmeter || |- | M-24 & V-24 || 1958* || Transistorized Digital Volt-Ohm-Ratiometer || |- | M-24 || 1962 || Transistorized Digital Volt-Ohm-Ratiometer || |- | 5020 || 1966 || Preliminary Instruction Manual<br>Digital Multi-Function Meter || |- | X-1 || 1967 || Modification Data<br>8-Range Ohmmeter || <!-- |- | || || || --> |} ==AC to DC Converter (Adapter for...")
- 23:38, 24 October 2025 DK Synergy (hist | edit) [484 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 600px |} "A later version, the Synergy II and II+, allowed for patch programming by connecting the synth to a Kaypro computer running patch editor software."<br> ([https://electronicmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Synergy Fandom Wiki]) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPJm7WKepHc YouTube: DK Synergy II+ in action with Kaypro computer]")
- 14:01, 16 October 2025 Emerald Microware Hard drive (hist | edit) [7,284 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hard Disk Kits and Subsystems''' <br> '''by Emerald Microware and MICROCode Consulting'''<br> (From the Dealer Material) Now you can get a complete internal or external hard disk system designed specifically for the Kaypro and at a reasonable price. * Install up to three hard drives on your system at once * Software installs automatically under CCP unless specified * Drives may be mixed - each drive has its own parameter tables * Software runs diagnostic on controlle...")
- 23:29, 14 October 2025 Mainboard 81-1588 (hist | edit) [711 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is the mainboard in the Kaypro Micro 1. {| |- | 600px |- | 600px |} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Serial Num !! Board Num !! QC Sticker !!Monitor ROM !! Char ROM !! Notes |- | #475957 || 1118 || || 81-1710A || 81-1711 || C48 to L1 bodge<br>R11 to J5 bodge |- | #480381 || 1486 || || 81-1710(A) || 81-1711 || C48 to L1 bodge<br>R11 to J5 bodge <!-- |- | #S/N || bnum || QC || mon || char ||...")
- 17:38, 5 October 2025 Kaypro Printers (hist | edit) [33 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "400px")
- 17:36, 5 October 2025 Business Paks (hist | edit) [125 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px |- | 400px |- | 400px |}")
- 17:07, 5 October 2025 Kaypro New 2 (hist | edit) [1,002 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Model number 81-031 It falls under the FCC license of the general Kaypro 2 ID CUL7XLKP2. <blockquote> We are introducing a computer priced to dominate your 1984 Christmas sales. At $995, the New Kaypro 2 (or "New 2") is similar to the Kaypro 2 with a couple of exceptions. The New 2 features one double-sided, double-density disk drive with 390K of storage. The software bundle includes WordStar, M-Basic, CP/M and a single drive copy program. Just as exciting is the N...")
- 21:22, 4 October 2025 US Kaypro Districts (hist | edit) [3,133 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Kaypro established 10 districts for sales, support, and training. The Sales Coordinators were located at the Solana Beach offices. They were responsible for coordinating all orders and shipments, correcting missing items from the shipments, and ordering spare parts kits. (Dealer Operations Manual, December 1, 1984) The Regional and District offices were located in their areas of the country. They served the same areas as the Sales Coordinators. They provided support...")
- 20:33, 4 October 2025 International kits (hist | edit) [5,693 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> Kaypro offers a complete line of foreign language computers which are sold exclusively outside the USA to our international distributors. For domestic sales, Kaypro offers a variety of international kits to transform regular Kaypro computers into bilingual models. The only modification to the computer is the replacement of both the monitor and character EPROMs, and the use of a bilingual keyboard. This product is geared to educational, government, import/exp...")
- 00:01, 25 September 2025 Mainboard 81-240 (hist | edit) [1,304 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==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. {| |- | |- | |} ===81-240 Machines=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Serial Num !! Board...")
- 19:50, 24 September 2025 Machine Tags (hist | edit) [131 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | Tag from machine #24500 || 400px |- | Tag from machine #288536 || 400px |}")
- 16:15, 10 September 2025 Kaypro Manuals (hist | edit) [12,573 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==CP/M== CP/M OS Manual from July 1982")
- 00:18, 10 September 2025 Understanding the Hardware (hist | edit) [0 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created blank page)
- 23:43, 8 September 2025 Kaypro Quick Start Audio (hist | edit) [1,713 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In 1983 Kaypro released a series of audio instructional tapes on how to use CP/M, Perfect Calc, Perfect Filer and Perfect Writer/Speller. The tapes were included in a 4 cassette case with the title Kaypro Quick Start.")
- 19:30, 29 August 2025 Famous Kaypro Users (hist | edit) [656 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with " 400px")
- 13:38, 21 August 2025 Interview with Allan Kay (hist | edit) [7,434 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "I interviewed Allen Kay in his home on August 14, 2025. <blockquote> I was born in Ohio and so was my brother and oldest sister. My dad worked for [https://ethw.org/Jack_and_Heintz Bill Jack and Ralph Heintz]. They made test equipment for airplanes. Bill Jack sold out to Heintz in 1948. Bill Jack left for Solana Beach and told my dad that he wanted him to be vice president of his new company [https://ethw.org/Bill_Jack_Scientific_Instruments Bill Jack Scientific In...") originally created as "Interview with Allen Kay"
- 10:58, 20 August 2025 Tradeshows (hist | edit) [196 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "400px 400px 400px 400px 400px")
- 12:43, 18 August 2025 Andy Kay before Kaypro (hist | edit) [992 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Before NLS== <blockquote> He [Everett R. (Rich) Price, a former employee of Bill Jack Scientific Instrument Co.] also said the chief engineer for Bill Jack Scientific Instrument Co. was Andrew Kay who left in 1952 (exact date uncertain) to start-up Non Linear Systems in nearby Del Mar; that firm claims to have built the first digital voltmeter[11] and the NLS trademark is still in use on their products today. A webpage by Steven Johnson dedicated to NLS products and t...")
- 04:04, 16 August 2025 Kaypro 2 '84 (81-014) (hist | edit) [146 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px |- | 400px<br>This is a marketing picture with Rex Kay (son of David Kay). |}")
- 03:48, 16 August 2025 Kaypro 4 '84 (81-015) (hist | edit) [183 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px || 400px |}")
- 12:55, 6 August 2025 Mainboard 81-110 (hist | edit) [4,997 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==81-110 General Info== The 81-110 Mainboard was the original Kaypro board and debuted with the first Kaypro II machines. It's design was based on the Ferguson Big Board. ([https://retrocmp.de/kaypro/kay-p2_hrdw.htm#mb-kII Thomas Brase]) It was exclusively used in the Kaypro II and for the most part was replaced by the 81-240 sometime in 1983. ==81-110A== The 81-110A is notable for 4 unpopulated chips locations from the Ferguson Big Board design (CTC, Monitor ROM, an...")
- 00:16, 4 August 2025 CPM 2.2 ul compatibility (hist | edit) [2,627 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> We've been getting a lot of letters from Kaypro owners who have more than one Kaypro. The problem they've encountered is the inability to run some software from new machines on an older Kaypro model. This has been especially prevalent with software that came with the newest Kaypro models that sign on CP/M 2.2ul. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) for this revision of CP/M 2.2 is radically different from prior Kaypro revisions. What Kaypro has done is come...")
