The Kaypro IV (aka IV'83 later) is not to be confused with the Kaypro 4 (aka 4'84) released one year later. I know, Kaypro model names are REALLY confusing...
The Kaypro IV is basically a Kaypro II with DS/DD full-height floppy drives.
Wordstar started being included in addition to the Perfect Software suite.
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We had four Kaypro IVs that we souped up with a speed doubler and four half height drives. Later we put in four double sided 3.5" drives, and still later a hard drive. I did Masters Theses for college students with Perfect Writer, because it was so versatile. Printed them out on a 32 pin dot matrix printer, and later on a postscript laser printer. Took our souped up Kaypro to Bend Oregon to the SOG (SemiOfficial Get Together) a CP/M group. It was a nine day wonder.
Saturday 29th December 2018
Sharon Wertz (United States)
It had a 4Mhz processor. I''ve owned many computers since that one, but it was my favorite. That and Turbo Pascal 1.5 were a tough pair to beat. It saw me through 4 years of college and then some.
Thursday 24th September 2015
Bill (VA / USA)
Just wondered what a kaypro 4 would be worth now
Tuesday 1st October 2002
kathy (calif usa)
NAME
Kaypro IV
MANUFACTURER
Kaypro
TYPE
Transportable
ORIGIN
U.S.A.
YEAR
1983
END OF PRODUCTION
1985
KEYBOARD
Detachable, 72 key typewriter style keyboard with 18 programmable keys.
CPU
Z80
SPEED
2.5 Mhz
RAM
64 KB
VRAM
2 KB
ROM
2 KB
TEXT MODES
80 chars x 25 lines (character matrix : 5 x 8 dots)
GRAPHIC MODES
None
COLORS
built-in 9'' non-glare green phosphor screen
SOUND
built-in speaker (CPU controlled) + keyboard 'key click' and beep
SIZE / WEIGHT
45 x 36 x 21 cm / 15kg
I/O PORTS
1 RS232c serial port, 1 Centronics-type parallel port, keyboard interface
BUILT IN MEDIA
two 5.25'' DS/DD full-height floppy drives (390 KB per disk)
