Name/Title
1984- Kaypro 4Tags
KayproDescription
This is the Kaypro 4 released in 1984, usually refered as Kaypro 4 '84, as opposed to the Kaypro IV released one year earlier, and refered as Kaypro IV '83. The main differences between the Kaypro 4 '84 and the Kaypro IV '83 were : - A faster CPU, Zilog Z80A running at 4Mhz, - A real time clock which can be used by programs, - A better built-in monitor resulting in a very sharp display. The character matrix has also evolved from 5 x 7 on the Kaypro II and IV '83 to 8 x 16 pixels on the Kaypro 4 '84, - the system had rudimentary graphics through graphical characters resulting in a virtual 160 x 100 resolution, - characters could be displayed using two brightness levels and reverse attribute, - the new prompt was a blinking square, - like on modern keyboards, J and F keys were slightly different in shape from the other keys, so it was possible to spot them while staring at the screen, - there was a built-in modem (300 baud), - the system had two DS/DD half-height floppy drives (390 kb) The system was bundled with Wordstar, dBase II, MicroPlan, Microsoft Basic, S-Basic, SuperCalc, C-Basic and CP/M 2.2 ! In 1984, in order to be compatible with IBM software, a special version was marketed with an Intel 8088 CPU in addition of the Z80A. It was called Kaypro 4 Plus 88!Acquisition
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EBayDate
Jun 10, 2007
