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- >>>The Following originally appeared in the "the kaypro column",
- Microcornucopia, PO Box 223, Bend, OR 97709, by Dave Thompson.
- Enjoy>>>Ben Peirce, Venice Beach>>>
-
- >>>Speeding things up (from Micro C, June '83)>>>
-
- The Kaypro can easily be converted from 2.5 to 5 MHz with just a
- few jumpers, a faster CPU (Z80B), a new monitor ROM, and a SPDT
- switch!
-
- Replace your Z80A CPU with a 6 MHz Z80B CPU (about $13.00 from:
- JDR Microdevices, 1224 A. Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95128,
- 1/800/538-5000 or 1/800/662-6279 <in Cal>). Also replace your
- monitor ROM (marked with a white label as 81-149) with a new
- monitor ROM capable of 5 MHz operation without overheating. You
- may not have to replace the monitor ROM chip (#2716) if your
- original can run at 5.0 MHz without heating up and getting silly.
- Barry Cole told me that lots of "2716's" can run that fast
- without problems, but mine sure couldn't! (For about $29.00 from
- Micro C, PO Box 223, Bend, OR 97709, 1/503/382-8048, you can get
- one that can take the heat. It also replaces the flashing cursor
- with a solid one.) <an alternate way of dealing with this problem
- is to use the 4 MHz clock from pin 6 of U87, instead the 5 MHz
- clock from pin 5 of U86 so things don't heat up so much; the
- difference between 5 and 4 MHz is insignificant>.
-
- Remove U87 (75lS390). Cut pin 9 (or bend it out) also bend out
- pin 1. Jumper pin 1 to pin 6. Jumper pin 12 to pin 15. Put the
- 74lS390 back in it's socket, making sure the pin 1 and pin 9
- aren't making contact with anything.
-
- Unplug U66 (74164) and bend out pins 4 and 5 so they
- won't go back into the socket. Put U66 back in it's socket and
- connect the trace that used to go to pin 4 to the trace that goes
- to pin 3 and connect the trace that used to go to pin 5 to pin 4.
-
- Unplug U86 (74LS293) and bend out pins 4 and 5 ( 2.5 MHz and 5
- MHz clocks, respectively). Connect a lead from each of these pins
- to either side of a small SPDT (single pole/double throw) switch.
- Connect the center of the switch to the forward end of R26 (the
- end of resistor R26 that's nearest the front of the Kaypro), so
- that you will be able to select between the 2.5 MHz and 5 MHz
- clock speeds. You can mount the switch quite easily in one of the
- ventilation slotes on the back. The slots are just the right
- width for the small toggle variety so you don't need to modify
- the cabinet at all.
-
-
- The early versions of disk format and copy programs don't work
- with the faster clock. So you may need to slow the system down
- once in a while. You will usually need to do a hardware reset
- when you change speeds since the glitch usually sends the system
- out to pasture!
-
- --end--
-