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- 16:15, 10 September 2025 Kaypro Manuals (hist | edit) [4,687 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) [946 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) [158 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px || 400px |}")
- 12:55, 6 August 2025 Mainboard 81-110 (hist | edit) [1,018 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...")
- 02:25, 3 August 2025 Microshpere RAM Disk (hist | edit) [459 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px<br>Image from David Katz || 400px<br> Image from David Katz |- | 300px<br>PIO Mod from my machine || 300px<br>Power connection to RCA plug to supply power |}")
- 00:05, 20 July 2025 Those weird round number stickers (hist | edit) [325 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""There's always a little sticker on the back for the assembly line so it would be like there would be a one or a two or a three and you would know which assembly line did it, because when it came back to repair, they wanted to know which group was more frequent, who was building things poorly."<br> (Interview with Marshall Mosley)")
- 23:55, 19 July 2025 Warehousing (hist | edit) [1,810 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==FILO Warehousing== <blockquote> FR: "Why do we sometimes see such wild swings in the serial numbers?" It's because it was whoever was working the line that day. The assembly was run by a Mexican woman in her mid-50s, and she ran it like a military unit, and she was very good, but when she was not there, they would make stuff up. It was whoever happened to be in that day. And you had complaints about that because when they came back to repair, repair was like, what is...")
- 23:45, 19 July 2025 Inventory (hist | edit) [1,948 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> It was basically a method of inventory called cycle. Cycle counting. The goal was, you count 5% of your total inventory every day. It's a different 5% each day. So, as time goes by, like after three to four months, you have a very accurate view of your inventory. I did inventory with like three other people, and very quickly, Gene said, well, Marshall, we're going to make you the department head. And I said, I thought you were the department head. He goes,...")
- 23:40, 19 July 2025 Hiring Stories (hist | edit) [1,099 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Marshall Mosley== First night there, it's December, and I'm like, it's California, it's December (1983), it's 75 degrees. Yeah. So I went to the hot tub, the apartment had a hot tub, and sat in the hot tub, and this woman comes and sits in the hot tub, and she's mid to late-40s. And we're chatting, and she says, what are you doing? And I explain, I just arrived, and she said, so you're looking for work? And I said, yeah. And she goes, well, I'm an employment counselor...")
- 10:59, 19 July 2025 Interview with Marshall Mosley (hist | edit) [21,129 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==From my Interview with Marshall Mosley== (July 18, 2025 - Cave Creek, Arizona) ===Famous writers from Profiles=== Profiles was this weird intersection. Don't know why it happened, but a lot of later famous writers wrote there. David Gerrold was established before he wrote for profiles [Profiles, July 1984]. He wrote the screenplay for Trouble with Tribbles, for the original Star Trek. He wrote [the novel] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Folded_Himself The M...")
- 22:39, 18 July 2025 Profiles (hist | edit) [2,733 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==From my Interview with Marshall Mosley== (July 18, 2025 - Cave Creek, Arizona) ===Famous writers from Profiles=== Profiles was this weird intersection. Don't know why it happened, but a lot of later famous writers wrote there. David Gerrold was established before he wrote for profiles [Profiles, July 1984]. He wrote the screenplay for Trouble with Tribbles, for the original Star Trek. He wrote [the novel] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Folded_Himself The M...")
- 14:37, 18 July 2025 Employee Directory (hist | edit) [715 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==M== '''Gary McAvoy''' 200px <blockquote> Gary McAvoy recently joined Kaypro Corporation as the Director of Corporate Communications. He has previously worked as a management, a marketing, and a communications consultant for a number of firms in California and the Southwest, developing business plans and improving overall organization and efficiency. Prior to becoming a consultant, McAvoy was western regional marketing administrator for GTE Info...")
- 18:55, 16 July 2025 Kaypro 22 or 34 (hist | edit) [82 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px<br> (Profiles, August 1987) |}")
- 18:43, 16 July 2025 Advent RAM Disk (hist | edit) [1,719 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Coming soon. I just purchased a Kaypro 2 with this add-on installed. {| |- | 400px |}")
- 17:34, 8 July 2025 Vendor Signs (hist | edit) [658 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "There are three display signs that I have seen promoting Kaypro Computers. The 1984 version is a sign printed from sheet metal with a Blue on Black design. {| |- | 400px (Frank Rahman) |- | 400px |} Then there is the illuminated blue on white sign. These date from 1987. {| |- | 400px |- | 400px (Photos from Nathan Pres...")
- 14:00, 8 July 2025 European office (hist | edit) [4,719 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px || 400px |} <blockquote> Kicking off an aggressive campaign of international exposure, Kaypro participated in Micro Expo '83, a major computer trade show held in Paris. Located at the entrance at the show, and with the biggest booth physically, Kaypro attracted huge amounts of attention. What particularly impressed the Europeans were the keyboards designed for their specific languages, French, German, a...")
- 09:16, 8 July 2025 Sales Management (hist | edit) [577 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> The folks at Non-Linear Systems in Solano Beach, CA, are somewhat less philosophical. They aren't happy about mail order houses like Computer World International in San Diego, who have offered the Kaypro II for $1,595. Unfortunately, says Promotions coordinator Henry Hester, federal provisions against price fixing prevent them from doing much about it. But at least Kaypro doesn't exacerbate the problem by giving dealers incentives to contribute to the grey m...")
- 02:33, 8 July 2025 CPM Kaypros (hist | edit) [435 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Kaycomp Machines Kaypro II No Model Number Kaypro II (81-003) Kaypro 10 (81-005) Kaypro 4 (81-004) Kaypro 4 ('84) Kaypro 2 Kaypro 2X Robie Kaypro 4X (81-015 Stickered 4X) Kaypro 1 ===Modified Kaypro=== Omni Logic Analyzer K20")
- 21:44, 7 July 2025 Kaypro Leadership (hist | edit) [8,664 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> The Kaypro Corporation, the California computer maker, said yesterday that its founder, Andrew F. Kay, would step down as president and be replaced by his son David. The elder Mr. Kay, 65 years old, will remain chairman of the company, which he founded in 1952. But analysts said the promotion of David A. Kay, who has been Kaypro's vice president for marketing and product development and was instrumental in its move into computers, formalizes his active mana...")
- 16:48, 7 July 2025 Osbourne (hist | edit) [5,301 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> The company said that the Osborne 1 machine, which retailed for $1,995, would be reduced immediately to $1,295. "We once were all alone in this business and now have several competitors," said Mike Sanchez, a company spokesman. "We want to shake up the market again, like we did when we introduced the machine." "The company has lost substantial market share to Kaypro and others," said David S. Lawrence, an analyst with Montgomery Securities in San Francisco...")
- 16:17, 7 July 2025 Kaypro Stock (hist | edit) [1,372 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> The Kaypro Corporation, a maker of portable computers, said yesterday that it had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an initial public offering of 5 million shares, to be made through Prudential Bache Securities Inc. Kaypro was founded in 1952 as Non-Linear Systems Inc. For many years it produced test equipment for the aerospace industry and professionals in the electronics field. The company's first portable personal computer was introduced...")
- 19:01, 6 July 2025 Kaypro 2020 (hist | edit) [2,092 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with " "The Kaypro 2020 is a 12-MHz 286 laptop that comes standard with 1 megabyte of RAM, a 20-megabyte hard drive, an EGA-compatible backlit LCD screen, and a 300/1200-bps Hayes-com-patible modem. It will be priced at approximately $5,000 and will ship within 90 days." (Infoworld, November 28, 1988)")
- 18:09, 6 July 2025 Follow IBM or Compaq (hist | edit) [3,534 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> The Kaypro Corp. has put on hold plans to introduce a computer compatible with the latest generation machines from IBM while it awaits the possible announcement next week of a rival computer standard. David Kay, president of the Solana Beach personal computer maker, said his company would suspend plans to introduce machines compatible with IBM's Personal System/2 computers until it can assess the impact of an announcement it expects from Compaq Computer Co...")
- 12:28, 6 July 2025 Kaypro 2000+ (hist | edit) [11,185 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Model # 81-050 {| |- | 400px |} The KAYPRO 2000+ is the bright choice in laptop computing. Here is the first laptop with all the power and performance of a desktop PC. The KAYPRO 2000+ delivers 50 percent more contrast and readability than conventional electroluminescent displays. And the Kaypro screen has a lifespan of 20,000 hours, compared with the three- to four-thousand hours typical of most other laptops.<br> Standard Specifications for the KA...")
- 02:21, 6 July 2025 Kaypro OEM Sales (hist | edit) [2,737 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> Kaypro Corp. has signed a $4 million contract to provide computers to be used by major oil companies in a computerized gas station inventory monitoring system. The Solana Beach computer maker will supply specially configured personal computers to the Wayne division of Dresser Industries of Austin, Texas. Wayne, an established manufacturer of gas pumps, will sell the equipment to the oil companies for installation in an estimated 2,000 gas stations across th...")
- 13:27, 5 July 2025 Mitsui connection (hist | edit) [9,232 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> Kaypro Corp. last week made good on its promise of seeking a Japanese partner and said it had reached a preliminary agreement with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. that will result in Kaypro marketing and manufacturing Mitsui's M1 IBM-compatible personal computer in the U.S. Kaypro also announced that it will introduce a transportable IBM Personal Computer XT-compatible model at the IBM PC Fair later this month in San Francisco. The agreement with Mitsui, which...")
- 01:07, 4 July 2025 DR-DOS (hist | edit) [4,696 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> Kaypro Corp. has been equipping all computers in its new "KC" line of economical machines with the DR-DOS operating system published by Digital Research Inc. "We've chosen DR-DOS because it is 25 percent faster, yet compatible with MS-DOS. It offers more features, without some of the limitations of its well-known counterparts," stated Andrew Kay, president and chairman of the board of Solana Beach-based Kaypro Corp. DR-DOS is included at no extra charge wi...")
- 00:22, 4 July 2025 Kaypro KC-3 (hist | edit) [394 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px |}")
- 00:01, 4 July 2025 Kaypro KC2 (hist | edit) [227 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px |}")
- 20:37, 3 July 2025 Kaypro 4X (hist | edit) [208 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{| |- | 400px || 400px |} Images from Chris Singleton See Drivetec Drives for what makes a Kaypro 4X a 4X")
- 02:41, 2 July 2025 Kaypro Decline (hist | edit) [25,624 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Events listed as best as possible in chronological order: ===1990=== March 2: <blockquote> Employees of Kaypro Corp. were finally paid Wednesday — nearly a week after workers were forced to skip a payday when the company was unable to meet payroll. In the latest indication of its deepening financial problems, Kaypro told its 65 employees last Friday that it was unable to pay them because of cash flow problems. Nancy Casey, a Kaypro spokeswoman, said the company fail...")
- 11:51, 1 July 2025 Kay Family (hist | edit) [375 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Photograph of Andrew Kay's Family {| |- | 400px<br> |- | Front row: Andrew Kay, Frank Kopischiansky (Father) |- | Middle row: Allan Kay (Eldest Son), Mary (Wife), Steve Kopischiansky (Uncle) |- | Back row: Micheal Batter (Son-in-law), Janice (Daughter), David Kay(Son), Nancy (Daughter) |}")
- 13:03, 29 June 2025 Origin Stories (hist | edit) [1,251 bytes] FrankRahman (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<blockquote> How did a small and steady manufacturer of electronics instruments become one of the sensations of the micro-computer industry? Kay said he thought of getting into computers a decade ago when his main business, supplying instruments to the government and prime contractors, was fading and the minicomputer field was growing 35 percent a year. Keeping his head above water-NLS lost a half million dollars in 1973-'74, a big bundle for a small company-prevented Ka...")
