tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) (07/05/87)
I have a Kaypro Robie computer and have begun to be concerned about the life expectancy of its Drivetec high-density (2.6 meg) removable floppy drives. If you know of anyone who sells a hard disk drive and controller for Kaypro CP/M machines, I'd be very appreciative of the information. -- Ted A. Campbell | Duke Divinity School | Durham, NC 27706 | email: tcamp@ecsvax |
mlinar@poisson.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) (07/05/87)
In article <3489@ecsvax.UUCP> tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes: > >I have a Kaypro Robie computer and have begun to be concerned about >the life expectancy of its Drivetec high-density (2.6 meg) removable >floppy drives. If you know of anyone who sells a hard disk drive and >controller for Kaypro CP/M machines, I'd be very appreciative of the >information. >-- >Ted A. Campbell | There was some discussion awhile back regarding hard disk extensions (I think so anyway). One aftermarket hard drive add-on I am aware of (having a couple myself) is the Emerald Microware hard disk upgrade. An adapter card plugs into your Z80 socket (or for some Kaypros, into the hard drive connector) and into a Western Digital card; the software supports up to 2 hard drives of any size up to 64M with logical partitioning into up to 8 drives each. You COULD stuff 128M of hard drive into your Robie, but I am comfortable with 40M on my stuff with 5M partitions. I believe Robie's are very strange, but the software works on all Z80 machines without a hitch. The number is (503) 641-0347. I don't recall the price offhand - mine are 1 and 2 years old - and it is dependent upon how much hard drive you want anyway. -Mitch