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FATHER&SONFATHER&SON

RIG OF THE MONTH

ADVENTURES IN PC MODIFICATION

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I

n the ’70s and ’80s, John Brady

and his father built a number of

PCs together. Now John and his son,

Lucas, share this hobby. Not long

ago, Lucas found one of John’s old

projects, a Kaypro 2X, in his grand-

father’s basement and thought it

would be fun to put a modern com-

puter inside it.

First, the team stripped every-

thing out of the Kaypro —the origi-

nal CRT alone took up almost half

of the original case. The Bradys

then spent four months searching

for and installing components that

would fit within the rig’s Lilliputian

interior. We can’t wait to see what

Lucas finds the next time he rum-

mages through gramps’s house!

The Kaypro 2X rocked a 4MHz Z80A proces-

sor and 64K of RAM; this revision features

a bit more power.

John and Lucas

found a new key-

board that would

fit the Kaypro’s

tray; they even cre-

ated a background

that includes the

Kaypro logo and

a fake assembler

listing.

Those

’80s-era rigs

were built solid.

John and Lucas

burned out a Dremel

while drilling holes

for the power supply.

Within the Kaypro’s 12”x18”x8” frame, the

Bradys were able to install an ATX motherboard,

a new screen, a power supply, and a DVD drive.

Bradys were able to install an ATX motherboard,

a new screen, a power supply, and a DVD drive. a new screen, a power supply, and a DVD drive.