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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (97301)	7/8/2017 10:33:35 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

Ron $3500 sounds too expensive for that computer, I would guess more like $1999 est? I remember the Kaypro was a similar but a cheaper designed model. The first real big seller "portable or often called luggable" was the Compaq, which really blew open the market, because they were "IBM Compatible" very important at that time. Don

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (97301)	7/9/2017 2:34:22 PM
From: SmoothSail	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

I had one of those.

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (97301)	7/9/2017 8:22:29 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Respond to of 110655

My college roommate had a Kaypro computer. He had a game on it I loved to play, it was designed completely with alphanumeric characters because that computer had no graphical capability. It was a standard platform jumping game (I think your character was the letter "P"), but I don't remember the name of it. Anyway, my roommate deleted the game because he was worried about damage to the keys, but I also think he didn't want to be distracted from his studies. It was a surprisingly addictive game for how crude it was. I love that 8-Bit Guy channel on YouTube. So much fun to see him play with and restore those old systems.