On Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 9:45:19 AM UTC-5,
gregor...@gmail.com wrote:
> Many thanks to you and anyone else who can help.
>
> Answering some questions (and some anticipated): No, the system did not come with any floppy disks.
Hi all. I have some information for you on the SWP Co-Power Board. Some years ago I purchased a complete Kaypro 2X+88 (Probably 1998) that had one of these installed, with all software and manuals. Over time, I picked up a few more boards as they showed up on ebay. I honestly can't remember all the related items I purchased for this system over the years, or even what's in the box of SWP Co-Power boards other than there are several new examples of it.
I scanned the manual and uploaded it here:
https://files.catbox.moe/gxnu5v.pdf
Some preview images I took last night after digging the manual out:
https://pic8.co/a/b5fa78e4-b369-43d7-a024-845a31bbefa7/11fbbc82-a79f-4ce8-9680-75572c9307d4/
The manual is dated August 20, 1985, and I assume it's probably one of the last revisions of this board. I know there are a couple of different configurations as evidenced by the examples in my collection, but the one in my system has the full 1MB onboard.
This is a very raw scan of the pages exactly as they came out of the book @ 400DPI, so someone will need to cut it apart and re-assemble the pages in the correct order. As for the software, I know I still have it but it's been at least 15 years or more since I've had need to use the machine. I have no idea if it still works, will read disks (the sync separator IC already went bad once,) and if I can copy the software. If I can, I'll try and get it online somehow but there are absolutely no promises or guarantees here. It's going to take me some time to locate everything.
The disks have all been stored in a climate-controlled home, so they should work - but again, no guarantees or promises.