a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) (03/24/90)
Has anyone heard of (or better yet, used) a product called "The Ultraboard?"
It is a replacement motherboard for the Kaypro (I'm not sure which one) that
has the Hitachi 16-bit Z80 replacement (running at 12 or 16 MHz, I think) and
more memory, among other things. I'd be interested in getting ahold of one of
these, new or used, if that's possible. Thanks.
-cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP )sergio@squid.rtech.com (Sergio Aponte) (03/26/90)
In article <1358@mindlink.UUCP> a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes: >Has anyone heard of (or better yet, used) a product called "The Ultraboard?" >It is a replacement motherboard for the Kaypro (I'm not sure which one) that >has the Hitachi 16-bit Z80 replacement (running at 12 or 16 MHz, I think) and >more memory, among other things. I'd be interested in getting ahold of one of >these, new or used, if that's possible. Thanks. > -cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP ) Please post or copy me on the e-mail. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Internet: sergio@squid.rtech.com Sergio L. Aponte, MTS @ Ingres Corp. | | UUCP: {sun,mtxinu,pyramid,pacbell,hoptoad,amdahl,cpsc6a}!rtech!squid!sergio | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bobcloud@ficc.uu.net (bob cloud) (03/27/90)
In article <1358@mindlink.UUCP> a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes: >Has anyone heard of (or better yet, used) a product called "The Ultraboard?" >It is a replacement motherboard for the Kaypro (I'm not sure which one) that >has the Hitachi 16-bit Z80 replacement (running at 12 or 16 MHz, I think) and >more memory, among other things. I'd be interested in getting ahold of one of >these, new or used, if that's possible. Thanks. > -cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP ) Please post or copy me on the e-mail. Bob Cloud --- WTYFYS (We Thank You For Your Support). Ferranti International Controls Corporation 12808 W. Airport Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 UUCP: uunet!ficc!bobcloud ph: (713) 274-5530
wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) (03/29/90)
In article <1358@mindlink.UUCP> a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson) writes: >Has anyone heard of (or better yet, used) a product called "The Ultraboard?" >It is a replacement motherboard for the Kaypro (I'm not sure which one) that >has the Hitachi 16-bit Z80 replacement (running at 12 or 16 MHz, I think) and >more memory, among other things. I'd be interested in getting ahold of one of >these, new or used, if that's possible. Thanks. > -cjs ( Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP ) The UltraBoard was a replacement motherboard for the Kaypro's with a 12 MHz Z-280 and 1 Meg of ram. It was expected to achieve 6 MHz PC AT speeds. It had color video for an external monitor. It was to make use of the hard disk controller from Advanced Engineering Concepts. I believe that the name of the company responsible for the UltraBoard was Hitech Research. They were the ones who bought up a lot of Kaypro's stock of Kaypro 10 parts and started assembling them as Kaypro 20's with Seagate ST-225 drives. Before that, they had a product called Handyman, which was a plug-in board that gave you SideKick-like features without using and of the Kaypro's onbaord ram. It had its own ram, and its software was in rom. The UltraBoard was is beta-test about three or four years ago, but after bugs were found in the video section, HiTech ran out of money trying to fix the problem. The last I heard, they were working on a SCSI interface for '84 Kaypros. I did talk to someone there over two years ago. He said that they would continue development when they could. I should dig out their number and give them a call (if they still exist). -- Jeffrey J. Wieland wieland@ecn.purdue.edu