Video History Project

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Kaypro II

Date
1982
Kaypro II computer introduced for $1795 by Non-Linear Systems
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"Kaypro II." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/kaypro-ii.

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