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A Kaypro II displaying the Kaypro Wikipedia page using Lynx over a serial connection A Kaypro II motherboard. The Kaypro II has a 2.5 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor; 64 KB of RAM; two single-sided 191 KB 5¼-inch floppy disk drives (named A: and B:); and an 80-column, green monochrome, 9" CRT that was praised for its size and clarity (the Osborne 1 had a 5" display).
Much CP/M software uses the Xerox 820's disk format, and other computers such as the Kaypro II are compatible with it. [10] [11] The CRT unit contains the processor, and a large port on the back connected via heavy cable to a disk drive, allowing a wide variety of configurations. Disk drives can be daisy-chained via a port on the back.
There were a number of games available for the monochrome Kaypro computers. There are currently 10 games on this list. There are currently 10 games on this list. Models II, IV, 4, 10 and 2x
The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog that played an important role in the evolution of early computing. Launched in 1976, it was designed to be software-compatible with the Intel 8080, offering a compelling alternative due to its better integration and increased performance.
The Osborne's popularity was surpassed by the similar Kaypro II; which has a larger, 9 inches (23 cm) CRT that can display 80 characters on 24 lines, and double density floppies that can store twice as much data. Osborne Computer Corporation was unable to effectively respond to Kaypro until after 8-bit, CP/M-based computers were obsolete.
S-BASIC (for Structured Basic) was a "structured" BASIC variant, distributed with Kaypro CP/M systems. [1] [2] It was made by Topaz Programming is distributed by Micro-Ap (San Ramon, California). [3] SBasic was compatible with the syntax of BASIC, a programming language commonly used in the 1970s through the 1980s, as well as Fortran77.
Columbia Data Products, Inc. (CDP) is a company which produced the first legally reverse-engineered IBM PC clones, starting with the MPC 1600 series in 1982. It faltered in that market after only a few years, and later reinvented itself as a software development company.
The Compaq Portable folded up into a luggable case the size of a portable sewing machine, similar in size to the Osborne 1. The third model of this development, Compaq Portable II, featured high resolution graphics on its tube display. It was the first portable computer ready to be used on the shop floor, and for CAD and diagram display.