Commentator Andrei Codrescu remembers the first word processor he had — the Kaypro II in the 1980s. Its inventor, Andrew Kay, died Aug. 28, at the age of 95. The Kaypro II weighed in at a mere 26 ...
In 1983, I was a an academically struggling high school freshman. My Dad, a professor, brought home a Kaypro computer. It weighed 24 pounds, had a 9 inch internal green screen monitor, and two disc ...
Andrew Kay, whose Solana Beach-based company developed the popular Kaypro II in the early days of personal computers, died last week in Vista at the age of 95. His company, Non-Linear Systems Inc., ...
These days, a good proxy for hacking prowess is getting Doom playable on the oldest piece of hardware imaginable. While we respect and applaud these efforts, perhaps the bar should be set a bit higher ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Kaypro was a manufacturer of portable ...
I just read that Andrew Kay passed away at the age of 95. I never knew who he was, but the machine that his company made had a profound influence on tax and accounting practice, at least in my neck of ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Kaypro 2000 was the company’s ...
This beautiful instrument of musical delight is called the Zenotron, and it was built by [Mike Walters] for his friend [Zeno] in exchange for some keyboards. The Zenotron is the latest musical hack in ...
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Commentator Andrei Codrescu remembers the first word processor he had — the Kaypro II in the 1980s. Its inventor, Andrew Kay, died Aug. 28, at the age of 95. The Kaypro II weighed in at a mere 26 ...