Kaypro II terminal emulation issues

[hanshuebner]

Hello,

I have a Kaypro II which is in good working condition, but it seems that the terminal emulation is somehow broken or it does not reflect what CP/M programs expect. I have downloaded disk images from http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/disks/kaypro/ and am using the CP/M 2.2F System Disk to boot and it lists 81-232-A as ROM requirement, which I seemingly have:



Yet, some programs seem to be using terminal control codes that the machine cannot interpret. Here's Wordstar (downloaded from the same place):



And here's ALIENS.COM from the BASIC+GAMES diskette:



Does anyone recognize this problem and know what I need to do to fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Hans

 

[rlauzon]

Ya, it looks like the software you are running is not configured for the Kaypro II.
For Wordstar, I suggest re-running the configuration program again and making sure that the terminal type is set correctly.

For early Kaypros (like 1983), the terminal emulation is **not** the same as the later Kaypros (like 1984). Early Kaypros only supported cursor positioning, while the later ones supported highlighting, bold, etc.

 

[hanshuebner]

The Wordstar disk that is on http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/disks/kaypro/ apparently requires a newer Kaypro II model - The WSINSTALL program does not have a way to modify the terminal emulation but just says "Kaypro" as being selected. Is anyone aware of an archive of software that works with the '83 model?

 

[hanshuebner]

Answering my own question: The Kaypro II disk images that can be found at http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/img42841/system.htm are compatible with the Kaypro II from 1983.