hp said:I found an old pc convertible , but cannot find the floppy disks , do somebody knows where to download them ?
Thankyou
hp said:Thank you very much , i found there this ink:
www.oldstuff.myagora.net/powerload/bootdisk.htm
i hope it will work .
CP/M User said:"Terry Yager" wrote:
> Kewl link, I never checked it out before.
> I D/L-ed MSDOS v. 1.25 from there.
> I'm going to try it on my Kaypro 10.
Would that work on that machine?
I heard MSDOS v1.25 was a joke! ;-)
CP/M User.
CP/M User said:Oh okay, I've heard that some Kaypros
had support for MSDOS, but I didn't realise
the Kaypro 10 was one of them.
Terry Yager said:I don't think Kaypro ever installed the 8088 board in any K10s
Terry Yager said:As far as MSDOS compatability, it isn't very good. It will run MSDOS, but not much more. I have only ever found one IBM program that runs correctly, MicroSoft MultiMate spreadsheet. (Even WordStar for IBM has problems).
barryp said:I have (somewhere in the garage) part of a Kaypro 10. What I think I have is the case and keyboard. The keyboard is Kaypro-shaped but PC-style (10 function keys, etc.) Said keyboard will work when attached to a PC or XT.
Terry Yager said:As far as MSDOS compatability, it isn't very good. It will run MSDOS, but not much more. I have only ever found one IBM program that runs correctly, MicroSoft MultiMate spreadsheet. (Even WordStar for IBM has problems).
Multimate was a word processor, not spreadsheet nor by Microsoft. I used it a lot but never liked it.
Oh, I do have a whole lot of "toys" for CP/M, but I like running MSDOS on my K10, "just because I can". I think you're on the right track, tho. A lot of the incompatability issues are probablyCP/M User said:I believe it would be very good, if you can
find programs which were mean't for your
system, rather than trying pot luck testing
IBM based programs, which obviously
program the hardware & or interrupts.
This is big trouble for machines like the Sirus
(Victor 9000) or Sanyo 555, which weren't
quite like an IBM or compatable. This is
why I've said in the past, machines like
those need to be kept seperate, because
while they may use the same processor,
& OS (in CP/M-86s case there's a special
version for those machines & one specific
to the IBM), they are far different in terms
of hardware.
Some actually think that writing an emulator
based on something like the Victor 9000 is
a joke, but I think that is in a sense a joke,
because it's clearly not an IBM.
Cheers,
CP/M User.
Terry Yager said:I think what you have is probably a Kaypro 16, the first IBM-compatable portable that Kaypro built (1986?). That would have a peecee-style keyboard. Does it have a backplane with all the boards, including the (8086?) processor board mounted vertically in it? (All inside a metal card-cage, right above and to the rear of the video tube).
CP/M User said:Terry Yager said:As far as MSDOS compatability, it isn't very good.
I believe it would be very good, if you can
find programs which were meant for your
system, rather than trying pot luck testing
IBM based programs, which obviously
program the hardware & or interrupts.
barryp said:I just found the subject of my response. It is a Kaypro 10 but is a (nearly) empty shell. It looks like someone had a plan to do something but lost interest. I was wrong about the keyboard, it's separate from the 10 because there's a regular kb with the 10.
My Kaypro inventory: a full 2 (x? or II?) with books/disks, a shell of a 10 with keyboard and a keyboard from a 16.
Terry Yager said:BTW, does your 10 still have the hard drive with it? (I may be in the market for one in the near future).
barryp said:Terry Yager said:BTW, does your 10 still have the hard drive with it? (I may be in the market for one in the near future).
What size would it have been? 10MB? I may have it here somewhere.
As far as I can tell, the only thing left in the case is the CRT.
barryp said:But by definition, if you have to pick specific programs, it ISN'T very compatible.
barryp said:My Kaypro inventory: a full 2 (x? or II?) with books/disks, a shell of a 10 with keyboard and a keyboard from a 16.