Kaypro 4 WOO HOO!

UselesKnoledge · 06-20-03, 09:47 PM

I have found the beast for my next mod, it is a Kaypro 4. What a great find!!! It probably doesn't work, but I'm really hoping it does. If it does work i'll see if I can o/c it and do some case work, if not it'll be a new home for an AMD 1900.

I'm new to this board and I love the old monsters of the 80's, so I'd kind of like to know what kind of old systems people still have(most likely in the closet or attic) and what mods if any.

Sinkhole · 06-20-03, 10:14 PM

I have a couple of old systems still running. the 1st is a AMD K6-2 500 @ 550MHz on a DFI K6XV3+/66 Motherboard with 128M PC133 and a Voodoo 3 3000 vid card. HDD is a Maxtor 10G My other old system is Pentium 166 with 64M EDO Ram on an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboard this has a 1.4G WD HDD.

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Zerileous · 06-20-03, 10:22 PM

I know a friend with 2 ataris and a Comodore 64. As for me I have a 66mhz 486 (not that old) and a Celeron 2 that will probly start pulling duty as a file server. Its not that old of stuff but older.

UselesKnoledge · 06-20-03, 11:09 PM

Heres the stats for the kaypro 4 (just to laugh about):

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=548

I wouldn't mind having the commodore

NoKtEm · 06-20-03, 11:55 PM

wow 4 mhz, that thing's a beast

wonder if u could overclock it to 5 mhz.. that'd be savage

BlueWraith · 06-21-03, 01:38 AM

That would make a nice lil server if you could stick some fresh parts in there.

I've got an IBM 5334 or something like that.. its small.. 386 thinking its a 486, built with laptop parts to be a ultra-mini desktop. For some reason IBM liquidated them to Biglots at $300 a pop, and Biglots turned around and sold them for $800 each. Came with a 15" LCD moniter and the usual mouse/keyboard. I've only got the case, but it sits happily running windows 3.1

UselesKnoledge · 06-21-03, 07:18 AM

Well, it seems my kaypro 4 starts up. Now I kind of need boot disks to actually do something with it, I also have to pull the cardboard out of the 5 1/2 inch floppies. If anyone knows how to do that please tell. This system doesn't come with a hard drive, so I cant boot it yet. It kind of reminds me of my first system, the columbia MPC with a shiny new 8088 processor. Though, it was still about 10 years outdated when I first got it.

I kind of skiped over the 286 processor type and went directly to the blazing 386, It was an old gateway that was actually not a tower system! I've used countless systems since then but never actually owned one until maybe last year, which was a pentium 100 I think. Now I have a pentium 133@166, an acer celeron@350 I believe, and soon to have 2 AMD 1900's and am gathering the parts for a watercooling system.

I'll add pictures when I can.

06-20-03, 09:47 PM	Thread Starter #1
UselesKnoledge Registered Join Date: Jun 2003	Kaypro 4 WOO HOO! I have found the beast for my next mod, it is a Kaypro 4. What a great find!!! It probably doesn't work, but I'm really hoping it does. If it does work i'll see if I can o/c it and do some case work, if not it'll be a new home for an AMD 1900. I'm new to this board and I love the old monsters of the 80's, so I'd kind of like to know what kind of old systems people still have(most likely in the closet or attic) and what mods if any.
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06-20-03, 10:14 PM	#2
Sinkhole Registered Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hamden, CT	I have a couple of old systems still running. the 1st is a AMD K6-2 500 @ 550MHz on a DFI K6XV3+/66 Motherboard with 128M PC133 and a Voodoo 3 3000 vid card. HDD is a Maxtor 10G My other old system is Pentium 166 with 64M EDO Ram on an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboard this has a 1.4G WD HDD. Sink
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06-20-03, 10:22 PM	#3
Zerileous Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO	I know a friend with 2 ataris and a Comodore 64. As for me I have a 66mhz 486 (not that old) and a Celeron 2 that will probly start pulling duty as a file server. Its not that old of stuff but older. __________________ Main Rig \|Athlon XP Barton 2500+ @ 200x11=2200 MHz @ Stock Vcore ~ SLK-947U w/ 92mm Enermax (64CFM) ~ Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 ~ 512MB PC3200 Mushkin Black Level 1 @ stock vdimm. 2-3-2-11 ~ ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with XT hardware and XT bios Mod ~ Onboard Soundstorm ~ Logitech Z640s ~ WD Special Edition 120GB ~ Samsung 5400rpm 40GB file drive ~ Sony DRU-710A Dual layer +/- DVD Burner ~ 16x LiteOn DVD-ROM ~ Logitech MX500 Optical Mouse\| Lappy: Dell Inspiron 9300 \|Pentium M 1.86 Ghz ~ 1GB DDR II ~ nVidia GeForce FX Go6800 256MB ~ 17" Widescreen 9200x1200 ~ 60GB 7200RPM HDD ~ DVD Drive/CD Burner combo ~ Centrino a/b/g interal WiFi and internal Bluetooth ~ 2x 80watt/hour batteries\|
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06-20-03, 11:09 PM	Thread Starter #4
UselesKnoledge Registered Join Date: Jun 2003	Heres the stats for the kaypro 4 (just to laugh about): http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=548 I wouldn't mind having the commodore
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06-20-03, 11:55 PM	#5
NoKtEm Member Join Date: Jun 2001	wow 4 mhz, that thing's a beast wonder if u could overclock it to 5 mhz.. that'd be savage
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06-21-03, 01:38 AM	#6
BlueWraith Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bedford, Indiana	That would make a nice lil server if you could stick some fresh parts in there. I've got an IBM 5334 or something like that.. its small.. 386 thinking its a 486, built with laptop parts to be a ultra-mini desktop. For some reason IBM liquidated them to Biglots at $300 a pop, and Biglots turned around and sold them for $800 each. Came with a 15" LCD moniter and the usual mouse/keyboard. I've only got the case, but it sits happily running windows 3.1
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06-21-03, 07:18 AM	Thread Starter #7
UselesKnoledge Registered Join Date: Jun 2003	Well, it seems my kaypro 4 starts up. Now I kind of need boot disks to actually do something with it, I also have to pull the cardboard out of the 5 1/2 inch floppies. If anyone knows how to do that please tell. This system doesn't come with a hard drive, so I cant boot it yet. It kind of reminds me of my first system, the columbia MPC with a shiny new 8088 processor. Though, it was still about 10 years outdated when I first got it. I kind of skiped over the 286 processor type and went directly to the blazing 386, It was an old gateway that was actually not a tower system! I've used countless systems since then but never actually owned one until maybe last year, which was a pentium 100 I think. Now I have a pentium 133@166, an acer celeron@350 I believe, and soon to have 2 AMD 1900's and am gathering the parts for a watercooling system. I'll add pictures when I can.
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