Mine is an '82, and currently disassembled on the bench awaiting the arrival of my Digi-Key order so I can replace the old Rifa smoke generators before they pop, but this was all in prelude to trying my hand at Turbo Pascal on the thing. Probably not a game, but definitely not a word processor or terminal program.

Might I ask what terminal program you're using? I PIP'd enough code over the serial port to assemble a basic Xmodem client, but it's unreliable in use.

The Kaypro II is a case study in how I would design a computer if I were a competent person with enough technical skills to be successful outside of tier 1 ops or management. It is built from folded steel, the keyboard housing shows signs of having been hacksawed by hand, and all the parts are commodity THC that are still available 40 years later: it is serviceable. Same reason I still drive a 20-year-old car despite being expected to afford better, given my present station. I don't like disposable crap.

But CP/M...man, I wish the Kaypro ran something more interesting, because it deserves better.