CMP.DOUG@UTEXAS-20.ARPA (Douglas Good) (05/16/85)
Does anyone out there know of the cheapest/most reliable way to get 128k or MS-DOS running on a Kaypro IV? I'd especially like to hear from people who have MS-DOS running on their machine. Answers can go directly to me if you wish... --Doug Good -------
brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) (05/24/85)
> > Does anyone out there know of the cheapest/most reliable way to get 128k > or MS-DOS running on a Kaypro IV? I'd especially like to hear from people > who have MS-DOS running on their machine. Answers can go directly to me > if you wish... Isn't the Kaypro IV Z-80 based? If so, MS-DOS can't run on it. -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@usc-eclc
edelheit@MITRE.ARPA (Jeff Edelheit) (05/26/85)
Brad - I can't speak for Kaypro, but one or two companies were advertising add-on boards for Osbornes that would let you run MS-DOS. The boards had 8088's, memory, and all that kind of stuff. Assuming that the Kaypro IV only has a Z-80, then perhaps someone makes an 8088 add-on board. Jeff Edelheit (edelheit@mitre)
ravi@mcnc.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan) (05/27/85)
The Kaypro IV is Z80 based, but it is possible to have an MS-DOS board, with an 8088, memory, etc. piggybacked onto it; this board is then an independent computer, which uses the regular Z80 cp/m for the keyboard/screen interface, ports, etc. (which is why getting something like an MS-DOS modem program to run on one of these is quite a hassle). The memory on the 8088 based board can probably also be used as a Ramdisk for the regular cp/m case, and so on. One company making such a board for the Kaypro is SWP Microcomputer Products, Fort Worth, TX. They make boards called CO-POWER 88, and CO-POWER + which offer a fair amount of PC compatibility for Kaypros (even Lotus can be run). The 8088 board can also do CP/M 86. Memory can be upto 1Meg for the + board, but is limited to 256K for the 88. I'm sure there are other such boards that can be used; I'd like to know if anyone has had good/bad experiences with any of these. -=ravi=- decvax!mcnc!ravi Oh, and I've nothing to do with SWP, etc. etc.