Sandy (UK) PCP Limited
Sandy (UK) Personal Computer Products Limited was a company based in Bedford which brought out several hardware products and one software product. Its products were:
- Sandy ThruCon 512K RAM Card (A 256K or 512K memory expansion unit with through connector)
- SuperQBoard (A disk interface with built in parallel port and up to 512K memory)
- SuperQMouse (An enhanced version of the Super Q Board, complete with a Mouse interface)
- Sandy Twin Expansion Unit Provided slots to allow a standard memory expansion and disk interface to sit side by side.
- Sandy QXT640 A Sinclair QL in a PC tower as an all in one solution
- Sandy Super Disk A disk interface which supported microdrive emulation.
- QPower Regulator A replacement power regulator for the Sinclair QL.
Sandy also produced their own AT keyboard interface for use with the QXT-640 - see the page on Keyboards
Sandy also produced the following software for the Sinclair QL:
- CADPAK (A mouse controlled drawing package - for use with the SuperQMouse)
- CPMulator (A CP/M Emulator for the Sinclair QL)
The Sandy name made a return to the QL scene in 2010 thanks to a former employee, Dave Park, to bring more new hardware to market. The business failed, but he continues as a hobbyist under the name 68Kcomputer.
Released products to date include: