Larry, your post has got me concerned. Telephone handset cables are straight-through, but your instructions show a reversed cable. Unless the Kaypro...
Excellent progress. Still trying to view the attachment, but something is wrong. Sent a note to the administrators. Is that same diagram available on...
Are you sure the drives are single-sided? I thought all 2X (and beyond) shipped with double-sided drives. Of course, as previously commented, Kaypro...
Based on the back panel, you have the newer mainboard. So, probably a 2X (2/84) model. Still, the thing that really determines the version of CP/M is...
One more thing, as the "wow" you described could be due to the diskette media spinning slightly off-center, be extra careful when inserting diskettes...
I'm not experienced making that sort of modification, but looking at the schematics I think it is more complicated than it sounds. You've got the Z80...
Well, on (most) 5" drives there is no "head load" solenoid, so with the motor off it really doesn't matter. The motors were typically DC, so turning...
It is certainly possible that the heads have accumulated dirt, even just in storage. If the diskettes surface is getting marred, you definitely want...
First exposure to computers was timeshare BASIC on a Honeywell 2040, followed by Wang 600 Programmable Calculator. Then on to CP/M et al. and the Heath/Zenith 89, and then a Kaypro 2X as the first computer I actually owned.
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