Year |
Model |
Notes |
Late 1982 |
Kaypro II (a.k.a. Kaypro
II 83)
|
2 SS/DD full-height floppies 2.5
MHz Z-80
1 serial port
Bundled software from Perfect Software.
|
Middle 1983 |
Original Kaypro 10 |
1 DS/DD floppy drive 10 meg
HD
4.0 MHz Z-80A CPU
2 serial ports
light pen port
Rudimentary graphics
Real time clock (Absent on all or some models)
Software from Perfect Software
dBase II
|
Middle 1983 |
Kaypro IV (a.k.a. Kaypro IV
'83)
|
Same as Kaypro II but
With DS/DD full-height floppy drivesWordStar started being included in addition to the
Perfect Software suite.
The same was true for the Kaypro II'83
Later versions included WordStar as well
|
Early 1984 |
Kaypro 4 (a.k.a. Kaypro 4
'84)
|
2 DS/DD half-height floppy
drives 4.0 MHz Z-80A CPU
2 serial ports,
Internal 300 baud modem
Real-time clock
Rudimentary graphics.
Software from Micropro (WordStar, CalcStar, etc.)
|
Late 1984 |
Kaypro 2 (a.k.a. Kaypro 2
'83)
|
2 SS/DD half-height floppy
drives, 4.0 MHz Z-80A
2 serial ports
Rudimentary graphics.
Software was from Micropro (WordStar, CalcStar, etc.)
|
Early 1984
(Although Robin reports that the 2X was actually out in 1980. Thanks Robin!)
|
Kaypro 2X |
Similar to older Kaypro IV,
or Kaypro 2
2 DS/DD half-height drives4.0 MHz Z-80A
2 serial ports
Rudimentary graphics
Software from Micropro (WordStar, CalcStar, etc.)
|
Late 1984? |
Kaypro Robie |
The first non-portable Kaypro
machine Black desktop
2 2.6 Megabyte floppy drives
Motherboard is basically the same as a Kaypro 4
300 baud modem
Rudimentary graphics
Robies were not big sellers
|
1985 |
All models |
Kaypro upgrades most of the
machines to the "Universal ROM" Boot disk are now interchangeable
|
1985 |
Kaypro 2X |
The Kaypro 4 '84 is renamed
the Kaypro 2X (sometimes known as 2X MTC). Kaypro 2X, Kaypro 2 '84, and Kaypro 4'84 are
dropped
|
Early 1985? |
The "New" Kaypro 2 |
The "New 2" is
introduced Basically an old 2X motherboard
1 DS/DD floppy drive
Comes with only CP/M and WordStar for software
|
Early 1985 |
Kaypro II' 83 |
Kaypro starts producing the
Kaypro II' 83 again Comes with Perfect software (as opposed to Micropro software)
|
1985 |
Kaypro 4X Kaypro 12X
|
Kaypro 4X is a Robie but in a
standard portable case Kaypro 12X is a Kaypro 10 but with a Robie floppy drive
(4X or a 12X may never have been produced)
|
1986 |
Kaypro 1 |
Equivalent to the old Kaypro
2X 2 DS/DD floppies
4.0 MHz Z-80A
2 serial ports, etc.
Floppies are vertical as opposed to horizontal
Came with CP/M and Perfect Writer for software
|
1986 |
Kaypro 1, Kaypro 2X MTC,
Kaypro 10, Robie |
After this. Kaypro produced
just the 1, 2X MTC, 10 and
RobieThis continued until they got out of the CP/M machines
|
Ongoing evolution |
Variations |
After this, there were a few
variations on some machines
One variation was the Kaypro 4+88, which had a SWP (?) co-processor board with an 8088,
256K of memory (which could be configured as a RAM disk under CP/M), and could run some
MSDOS software.
|
Unknown |
Kaypro V |
The Kaypro V was rumored to
exist. It was supposed to be a precursor to the Kaypro 10, but with a 5 Meg HD and a
single-sided floppy
|