Floppy Days 157 - Interview with David Kay, Kaypro - Part 1

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This episode features an interview with David Kay about the history and significance of Kaypro computers.

FLOPPY DAYS 157 - Interview with David Kay, KayPro - Part 1 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics Arcade Shopper and https://thekeep.net FutureVision Research Tuc's Workbench Hello, and welcome to episode 157 of the Floppy Days Podcast for November, 2025. I am Randy Kindig, your host. We are currently covering computers introduced in the year 1982 and, to that end, this month I'm beginning a series of podcasts about the Kaypro line of computers. Kaypro had a rich and varied family of computers; certainly much more so than I ever realized. In researching Kaypro, I discovered that while Andrew Kay, the founder of the computer company, was no longer around, it turns out his son David, who ran the company for some time, was still around. I was able to contact David and he graciously agreed to talk with us for the podcast. Kaypro has a very interesting storyline and I hope you enjoy this. We talked so long that I decided to break the interview into 2 parts, so you'll hear part 1 this month, and part 2 next month. Following that, we'll delve into episodes covering history, tech specs, etc. on the Kaypro. All the usual topics. It looks as though I'll have…

People in this episode

Host: Randy Kindig

Guest: David Kay

Topics covered

• Kaypro computers
• interview
• vintage computing
• technology history
• 1982 computers

Keywords

• Kaypro
• David Kay
• vintage computing
• 1982
• interview

Sponsors

8-Bit Classics, Arcade Shopper

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kaypro, FutureVision Research, Tuc's Workbench

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