Kaypro II system disk?

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:17 PM


> On 5/18/05, Randy McLaughlin <cctalk at randy482.com> wrote:
>> The Kaypro '84 is different from the earlier (often refered to as '83) 
>> and
>> the ROMs & boot disks are not compatible between them.
>
> I have a dim memory of searching my Kaypro for a differentiating
> factor when I was talking with Don Maslin years ago.  He was able to
> help me ID which disk was appropriate, and send me one. which is,
> unfortunately, not with the Kaypro  :-(
>
> I haven't had much to say about the CP/M archive, but as I do have a
> few machines (Kaypro and S-100), I have an interest in what happens.
> Personally, I don't see why we shouldn't start a parallel archive,
> just in case, at least of some of the more common formats.  It would
> be a life's work (literally) to build an archive as extensive as
> Don's, but for most of us here, I would think that a dozen or two
> disks would meet most of our needs (Kaypro, Osbourne, NorthStar...)
>
> I have no strong opinion about disk archiving format, as long as
> there's a way to reconstitute disks.  Yes, I know that one might have
> to keep around an ancient DOS box, but in the grand scheme of things,
> I don't see why one can't/shouldn't keep around one mini-tower with a
> network card and a sub-gig disk and a 5.25" floppy.  If one is
> dabbling in CP/M, one probably has space for one commodity PC to
> remake disks.  If nothing else, I will keep one around for the
> existing base of teledisk-imaged DECmate II and Pro3xx RX50s.
>
> -ethan


For Kaypro's there are two factors in finding the right boot disk:  Boot rom 
number and whether it is single or double sided.  For early Kaypros it 
requires removing the cover, later they included version info in the startup 
screen.

Randy
www.s100-manuals.com