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Dk'tronics

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/* CPC Software */
[[File:dk'tronics.png|right|frameless]]
[[Image:Dktronics vision 2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A CPC6128 expanded to the maximum with Dk'tronics equipment]]
 
== CPC Software ==
 
* [[Minder]] - CPC/Spectrum
* [[Stomp]] - CPC/Spectrum
* [[DkTronics_CPM]] - Amstrad's CPM and CPM+ patched for use with Dk'Tronics memory expansions.
 
== CPC Hardware ==
 
* [[dk'tronics Lightpen|Dk'tronics Light Pen]]
* [[dk'tronics Mouse Interface|Dk'tronics Mouse Interface]]
* [[Dk'tronics memory expansion|Dk'tronics Memory Expansion and Silicon Disc]]
* [[Dk'tronics Real Time Clock]]
* [[Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer]]
* [[Dk'tronics TV Tuner]]
== History ==
Although the company was best known in the CPC scene for their hardware expansions, the company also produced many software titles for both the CPC and other common 8-Bit computers of the time. Programmers [[Don Priestley]] and [[Ed Hickman]] were major contributers to the companies software successes, these included:
=== 1981===
* 3D - ZX81
=== 1982===
* 3D Tanx - Spectrum/BBC
* Centipede - Spectrum
* ZXED Basic Toolkit - Spectrum
=== 1983===
* Astron - Spectrum
* Basic Toolkit - Spectrum
* Trom - Spectrum
=== 1984===
* 2003:A Space Oddity - Spectrum
* Apple Jam - Spectrum
* Zig Zag - Spectrum
=== 1985===
* Benny Hills Madcap Chase - Spectrum
* [[Minder ]] - CPC/Spectrum
* Popeye - Spectrum
* [[Stomp]] - CPC/Spectrum
 
== CPC Hardware ==
 
* [[dk'tronics Lightpen|Dk'tronics Light Pen]]
* [[dk'tronics Mouse Interface|Dk'tronics Mouse Interface]]
* [[Dk'tronics memory expansion|Dk'tronics Memory Expansion and Silicon Disc]]
* [[Dk'tronics Real Time Clock]]
* [[Dk'tronics Speech Synthesizer]]
== Other Hardware ==
* 16K Spectrum Sinclair Expansion Card
* ZX81 Ribbon Connector For Expansion Cards
* Spectrum Beep Amplifier
* Spectrum Parallel Centronics Interface
* Microdrive Extension Lead
 
== Pictures ==
Image:Dktronics vision 1.jpg|Silicon Disc and 256Kb expansion
Image:Amstrad Computer User8603 124.jpg|Advert (ACU, March 1986)
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== Manuals ==
 
Dk'tronics has released some manuals that cover more than one piece of hardware:
* [[Media:DK'Tronics Peripheral - Technical Manual (Edition 1).pdf|DK'Tronics Peripheral - Technical Manual (Edition 1)]] (5-1986) (pdf) (covers Graphics Lightpen, Speech Synthesizer, 64K and 256K Memory Expansion, 256K Silicon Disc)
* There is also an Edition 2 (6-1986)
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