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The Kaypro II was the first computer released by Non-Linear Systems, in 1982. Non-Linear Systems was founded by Andy Kay in 1952. But they didn’t make computers back then, they made digital multimeters. You see, Andy Kay is the inventor of the digital multimeter<\/p>\n
The Kaypro II is unusual because the entire case is made out of metal. Kaypro’s computers were an extension of their test instrument design philosophy: rugged, reliable, reasonably priced, looking more like instruments than the creative, communications (and business) tools that they heavy.<\/p>\n
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PCB board had a broken crystal<\/p>\n
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Keyboard serial cable broken<\/p>\n
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New keyboard foil from pads fittied<\/p>\n
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New RJ-6 connect replaced.<\/p>\n
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Keyboard now works so can type the magic “DIR”<\/p>\n
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