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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Kaypro 16	Computers	Transportable	U.S.A.	1985	Intel 8088	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread adverts oc_id source Kaypro 16 /media/museum/photos/kaypro_k16_1.jpg /companies/kaypro Kaypro label value NAME Kaypro 16 label value MANUFACTURER Kaypro label value TYPE Transportable label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR September 1985 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD detachable 83-key IBM compatible keyboard, function keys and numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8088 label value SPEED 4,77 Mhz label value RAM 256 KB (512 KB max. on the main board) label value ROM Phoenix Rom Bios label value TEXT MODES 40 or 80 columns x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 320 x 200, 640 x 200\ CGA and MDA modes label value COLORS built in 9 inch monochrome green monitor label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT 46 (W) x 38 (D) x 20.5 (H) cm / 16kg label value I/O PORTS 1 IBM expansion slot, Parallel, Serial, external monitors (color and monochrome) label value BUILT IN MEDIA One 5''1/4 disk-drive (360k) + Second FDD or 10 MB hard-drive label value OS MS-DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU label value PRICE $2295 (dual FDD) - $3295 (10 MB HDD) adverts 513 title subtitle text image NEW-ZEALAND ADVERT (OCT. 1985) from Bits & Bytes magazine /media/museum/pubs/kaypro_16_pub_nz_1.jpg 519 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230530203125/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=519 2023-05-30

The Kaypro 16 was the first Kaypro model to use MS-DOS and Intel 8088 CPU instead of the good old CP/M - Z80 couple. It was thus a machine that represents the new direction taken by Kaypro and the technological evolution in general.

The Kaypro 16/2 is a Kaypro 16 with two 5''1/4 floppy drives and no hard drive. Both versions shipped with a large bundle of software: MS-DOS, WordStar, MailMerge, CalcStar, InfoStar, MITE, GW-Basic, tutorials and... 13 manuals!

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The following info is provided by Joe Rigdon:
The model 16 had a detachable IBM compatable keyboard, one 360 K disk drive and a 10 Meg hard drive. It also has a built in 9 inch monochrome green monitor with a 25 x 80 display. It had an Intel 8088 CPU running at 4.77MHz. It used a 8237A DMA, an 8253-5 timer, an 8255-5 peripheral interface, an 8259A interrupt controller, an 8284A clock and an 8288 bus controller. The standard system had a motherboard and three cards and one open expansion slot.

The mother board was socketed for 512K of memory but only 256 K was installed from the factory. The motherboard contained the circuitry that decodes RGB video into gray levels of monochrome. Also on the motherboard was a WD1002 disk controller board.

One of the cards was the processor card. It contained the keyboard interface, the clock, the timer, the bus controller, the DMA, the programmable peripheral interface and the programmable interrupt controller. It also contained a socket for a math coprocessor.

The second cards was the floppy-RAM-I/O card. It contained a DB-25S connector for the parallel port and either a DB-9S or DB-9P connector for the serial port. The third card was a color graphics card for use with an external RGB or monochrome monitor. It had a DB-9S connector for the RGB monitor and a jack for a monochrome monitor. Both used standard cables.