I haven't posted an update for a while.
Kaypro 1 - It was giving me fits, so I sort of turned it into a "parts" machine and got a Kaypro 4/84 working very nicely.
I was finally able to acquire a Sperry HT. The first computer I ever owned.
As expected, the hard drive is long toast, so I took the IDE-XT-CF card from the Sperry Portable and put it there. Then fixed the DOS on it. Explanation: The Sperry HT was one of the first to have a real time clock, but it requires a special version of DOS 2.11 to work. So I installed that version.
Cleaned it up. Lubed up the floppy drive and cleaned it. Now working on fixing the foam-and-foil keyboard. It's looking nice.
So some of the items that I was going to bring to VCFMW won't be going now (or will be on the free table), but I still have a good amount of stuff to bring and donate.
And I'm looking at downsizing a few other systems that I simply don't have table space for. Goal: I have all computers available for use at any time and try to rotate through them to play with them every couple of weeks. Also, to get rid of systems that I simply am no longer interested in anymore.
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