faulty cable!!
Just for the record I am now using one with a twist (it's from an old PC.)
Also if anyone's interested - the disk image I used to get the right version of CP/M running (2.2G) was from here: http://www.retroarchive.org/maslin/disk ... k2-22g.td0
Also - my BIOS is 81-292 (1984) and Kaypro 2 model number is 81-014
Thanks for the help (and great Hxc device!)
H