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Where do old Kaypros go to die?
I'm clearing out a bunch of my stored stuff and gittin' rid of much of it -- finally. I've been unable to toss out my old 80s vintage Kaypro 2 in the past for some reason. Damn thing is beyond dinosaur. I checked e-Bay. There's a couple up for sale getting bids around $10. Oh boy.
I reckon I'll need to take it to a recycler. Anybody have any good suggestions? (This lovely item can be yours, for the low, low ....) Almost looks like it was made for service on Navy vessels. Has a no nonsense ruggedness that would look at home on an aircraft carrier. What would I know about any kind of military hardware, you might rightfully ask? Wahllll.... as a callow youth, growing up in Roswell, N.M., I always had buddies whose fathers were stationed at Walker Air Force Base (now closed) about 5 miles outside of town. Every summer, they'd have an open house day and we'd swarm over the aircraft they had on display. I lost track of how many times I laid down in the refueling bay of KC135s, the older tanker aircraft. The guy who operates the airborne fuel nozzle lies on a mattress designed to keep his hands free to operate the controls. Been on plenty of B-52s, helicopters and everything in between. A Kaypro reminds me of that stuff.
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A Kaypro was my first computer.
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I don't know how the supply of old Kaypros compares to the market of enthusiasts, but you just might find someone local who would be happy to take it off your hands. |
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Craigslist--Free items.
I can remember when our sociology professor in graduate school got an Osborne. We all sat around it in wonder. I was the first person at the University of Denver to write his comprehensive exams on a computer. They let me set up my Sanyo in a storeroom where I typed for a couple of days.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13 |
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![]() As far as your old machine goes, wish I were nearby. I'd pick it up for a friend of mine who has a musuem of sorts of old machines. He loves them.
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Here are a couple pics from an AK trip... an F-15 getting gas...
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... and an F-15 who's gotten gas waiting for his wingman...
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And finally, ME in the boom pod. Bring back memories?
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I would hold on to it CPM should be making a comeback 'any day now'. :-)
Thanks for the memory though, a Kaypro was my first computer as well. They just dont make em like that anymore (exersize your brain and your biceps).
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-Marty 1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible (Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one) Reading your M103 duty cycle: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html |
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I still grin at the old stories about how the head of Digital Research blew off a meeting with some IBM reps looking for a small computer OS . . . so instead they went north to a small company near Seattle . . . |
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