Kaypro computers
E202916
Kaypro computers were a popular line of rugged, portable personal computers from the 1980s known for their metal cases and use in business and professional environments.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaypro computers canonical | 2 |
| Kaypro 1 | 1 |
| Kaypro 10 | 1 |
| Kaypro 16 | 1 |
| Kaypro 2000 | 1 |
| Kaypro 2X | 1 |
| Kaypro 4 | 1 |
| Kaypro 4X | 1 |
| Kaypro Corporation | 1 |
| Kaypro II | 1 |
| Osborne Computer Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1821649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaypro computers Context triple: [CP/M, usedOn, Kaypro computers]
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A.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
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B.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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C.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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D.
Compaq Portable
The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
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E.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kaypro computers Target entity description: Kaypro computers were a popular line of rugged, portable personal computers from the 1980s known for their metal cases and use in business and professional environments.
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A.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer was an American computer company best known for pioneering high-performance Domain workstation systems in the 1980s.
-
B.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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C.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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D.
Compaq Portable
The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
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E.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
personal computer line
ⓘ
portable computer line ⓘ |
| brandOf |
Kaypro computers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro Corporation
|
| caseMaterial | sheet metal ⓘ |
| competitiveWith |
Compaq Portable
ⓘ
Osborne 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature |
detachable keyboard
ⓘ
front-loading floppy drives ⓘ |
| discontinuationPeriod | late 1980s to early 1990s ⓘ |
| era |
1980s business microcomputer era
ⓘ
1980s home computer era ⓘ |
| hasModel |
Kaypro computers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 1
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 10
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 16
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 2000
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 2X
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 4
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro 4X
Kaypro computers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaypro II
|
| inception | early 1980s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Osborne 1
ⓘ
surface form:
Osborne portable computers
|
| mainManufacturerLocation |
Solana Beach
ⓘ
surface form:
Solana Beach, California
|
| manufacturer | Non-Linear Systems ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portability
ⓘ
rugged metal cases ⓘ use in business environments ⓘ use in professional environments ⓘ |
| portabilityMethod | carrying handle ⓘ |
| powerRequirement | AC mains power ⓘ |
| primaryDisplayType | built-in CRT monitor ⓘ |
| primaryOperatingSystem |
CP/M
ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ |
| softwareBundle |
Microsoft BASIC
ⓘ
surface form:
MBASIC
SuperCalc ⓘ WordStar ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| storageMedium | 5.25-inch floppy disk ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
professional users
ⓘ
small business users ⓘ |
| typicalCPU |
Intel 8088
ⓘ
Zilog Z80 ⓘ |
| typicalFormFactor | luggable computer ⓘ |
| typicalRAMRange | 64 KB to 256 KB ⓘ |
| typicalScreenColor | green monochrome ⓘ |
| typicalScreenSize | 9-inch CRT ⓘ |
| usedFor |
database management
ⓘ
spreadsheets ⓘ word processing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kaypro computers Description of subject: Kaypro computers were a popular line of rugged, portable personal computers from the 1980s known for their metal cases and use in business and professional environments.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kaypro Corporation
this entity surface form:
Kaypro II
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 4
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 10
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 16
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 2X
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 4X
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 1
this entity surface form:
Kaypro 2000
this entity surface form:
Osborne Computer Corporation