Comments on: Kaypro II launched May 20, 1982 https://dfarq.homeip.net/kaypro-ii-launched-may-20-1982/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kaypro-ii-launched-may-20-1982 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 22 May 2026 15:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: S.M. Oliva https://dfarq.homeip.net/kaypro-ii-launched-may-20-1982/#comment-57680 Fri, 22 May 2026 15:32:55 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=40388#comment-57680 Always good to see some Kaypro love. I’m currently writing a book about Morrow Designs, another company that entered the late CP/M fray. Like Kaypro and Osborne, Morrow also emphasized bundling a bunch of software with the hardware. One interesting detail about that was both Osborne and Morrow ended up funding competitors to existing software products in an effort to lower their own bundling costs.

In Osborne’s case, they funded a company that made a “VisiCalc” clone called “LogiCalc.” (Adam Osborne claimed he did this after the VisiCorp demanded $1 million upfront to license “VisiCalc” for the Osborne-1.) Similarly, Morrow designs loaned $3 million to a group of recently laid-off MicroPro International programs to create what amounted to an improved version of “WordStar” called “NewWord.”

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