Sandy

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 FUTURA An unreleased QL successor based on the QLT design by Tony Tebby.

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.

Released products to date include:

• Felt pads to replace old pads on Microdrive cartridges.
• Minerva ROMs.
• Sandy MiniPlane provides three expansion ports, all internal to a QL.
• Sandy Prototyping Board provided regulated power and a large prototyping area to develop new QL hardware.