Pilawt
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I had to clean out the attic in preparation to put the house on the market, and found these, a Kaypro 2X computer and Kaypro (Juki) printer. This was my introduction to the computer age, 35 years ago. Our whole law office ran with two of these for much of the 1980s, transferring files by walking floppy disks from one desk to another.
It powers up to the "A0>" prompt, and pushing a key on the keyboard makes the 'chirp' sound, but no response on the screen. No idea what's wrong with it, if anything. Maybe I just forgot how to start it. If it doesn't work, it would make a great tiedown anchor.
More photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/HtqCCzFzhSHfzuLN6
I have no idea what something like this is worth.
It powers up to the "A0>" prompt, and pushing a key on the keyboard makes the 'chirp' sound, but no response on the screen. No idea what's wrong with it, if anything. Maybe I just forgot how to start it. If it doesn't work, it would make a great tiedown anchor.
More photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/HtqCCzFzhSHfzuLN6
I have no idea what something like this is worth.