You should make a copy

For an upcoming exhibition we decided to use -amongst other machines- a Kaypro II “portable” computer from 1982 running CP/M 2.2. While the machine was quickly found in the archive, it decided to not work without some extra attention. We removed a net filter that went up in flames and adjusted one of the drives. It now works like new and the interesting thing is that the software explicitly prompts you to make a copy! You cannot run software from the original disk (unless you know the trick). This adds to the machine being very repair-friendly and well designed. Why don’t they produce things like this anymore.

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