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A UK-based hardware firm. KDS has been one of the first companies to make CPC peripherals, they have had adverts in every issue of ACU from January 1985 to February 1987. After February 1987 they seem to have vanished suddenly.
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A UK-based hardware firm.
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== Hardware ==
 
== Hardware ==
  
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* [[KDS Electronics Serial Interface|KDS Serial Interface]]
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* [[KDS Electronics Serial Interface|KDS Serial Interface]] (1/1985) (9/1986: new version with Comms Pak software)
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* [[KDS Power Controller]]
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* [[KDS Twin 8bit I/O Port]] (1/1985) (4/1986 advert says it uses Z80APIO)
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* [[KDS 5 1/4" Disc Drive]]?
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* [[KDS 8-Bit Printer Port]] (4/1985) (4/1986 advert says (new version?) without power input needed)
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* [[KDS 8-Bit Printer Port]]
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* [[KDS Sideways ROM Board]] (7/1985: original version for 4 roms) (4/1986: new version for 5 roms)
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* [[KDS ROM Board]]
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* [[KDS Communicator 104]] (7/1985) (this modem connects directly to the CPC's expansion port)
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* [[KDS Communicator 104]]
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* [[KDS Power Controller]] (4/1986)
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* [[Mini-Max Modem]]
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* KDS Serial and Parallel Port (4/1986) (for PCW, not for CPC)
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* KDS Printer T Switch (4/1986)
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* [[Mini-Max Modem|KDS Mini-Max Modem]] (9/1986) (this modem connects via RS232 interface)
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* [[KDS 5¼" Disc Drive]] (19xx ?)
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* [[ROMDOS]] (19xx ?)
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* KDS Chatterbox (for PCW, not for CPC)
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* [[RAMDOS]] and [[ROMDOS]] (later resold by [[Siren Software]])
 
* [[RAMDOS]] and [[ROMDOS]] (later resold by [[Siren Software]])
  
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== Unidentified Hardware ==
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== Adverts ==
  
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[[Image:KDS.jpg|right|thumb|250px|KDS Interface for the Amstrad]]
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<gallery caption="1985">
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'''KDS Interface for the Amstrad''' - there is some confusion on this device.
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File:ACU850102 -063.jpg|ACU Jan/Feb 1985
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* Some people say it'd be a serial interface - this may be true, but it's definetly NOT the [[KDS Electronics Serial Interface]] (which has a 50pin connector).
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File:Amstrad Computer User8503_066.jpg|ACU Mar 1985
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* The device looks quite similar to the [[KDS 8-Bit Printer Port]] but with an additional cable attached to it, which isn't attached (or isn't visible) on the 8bit port photo, [[Media:KDS8Bit.jpg]].
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File:Amstrad Computer User8504_054.jpg|ACU Apr 1985
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Actually, the [[KDS 8-Bit Printer Port]] should require a similar cable (for 5V power supply, which isn't available on the CPCs 34pin printer port). So it's quite possible that the "KDS Interface" and "KDS 8-Bit Printer Port" are the same hardware, both having the cable, but with the cable being not visible on one of the photos for whatever reason.
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File:ACU8505-065.jpg|ACU May 1985
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File:ACU8506-079.jpg|ACU Jun 1985
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File:ACU8507-065.jpg|ACU Jul 1985
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File:ACU8508-094.jpg|ACU Aug 1985
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File:ACU8509103.jpg|ACU Sep 1985
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File:ACU8510-072.jpg|ACU Oct 1985
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File:ACU8511-063.jpg|ACU Nov 1985
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File:ACU8512-124.jpg|ACU Dec 1985
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</gallery>
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<gallery caption="1986">
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File:ACU8601-052.jpg|ACU Jan 1986
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File:ACU8602-097.jpg|ACU Feb 1986
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File:ACU8603-040.jpg|ACU Mar 1986
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File:ACU8604-090.jpg|ACU Apr 1986
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File:ACU8605-048.jpg|ACU May 1986
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File:ACU8606-131.jpg|ACU Jun 1986
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File:ACU8607-131.jpg|ACU Jul 1986
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File:ACU8608-127.jpg|ACU Aug 1986
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File:ACU8609-078.jpg|ACU Sep 1986
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File:ACU8610-094.jpg|ACU Oct 1986
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File:ACU8611-101.jpg|ACU Nov 1986
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File:ACU8612-047.jpg|ACU Dec 1986
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</gallery>
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<gallery caption="1987">
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File:ACU8701103.jpg|ACU Jan 1987
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File:ACU8702090.jpg|ACU Feb 1987
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</gallery>
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[[Category:CPC related companies]]

Latest revision as of 07:46, 18 September 2010

A UK-based hardware firm. KDS has been one of the first companies to make CPC peripherals, they have had adverts in every issue of ACU from January 1985 to February 1987. After February 1987 they seem to have vanished suddenly.

Hardware

Software

Adverts

  • 1985

  • ACU Jan/Feb 1985

  • ACU Mar 1985

  • ACU Apr 1985

  • ACU May 1985

  • ACU Jun 1985

  • ACU Jul 1985

  • ACU Aug 1985

  • ACU Sep 1985

  • ACU Oct 1985

  • ACU Nov 1985

  • ACU Dec 1985

  • 1986
  • ACU8601-052.jpg

    ACU Jan 1986

  • ACU8602-097.jpg

    ACU Feb 1986

  • ACU8603-040.jpg

    ACU Mar 1986

  • ACU8604-090.jpg

    ACU Apr 1986

  • ACU May 1986

  • ACU8606-131.jpg

    ACU Jun 1986

  • ACU8607-131.jpg

    ACU Jul 1986

  • ACU8608-127.jpg

    ACU Aug 1986

  • ACU8609-078.jpg

    ACU Sep 1986

  • ACU8610-094.jpg

    ACU Oct 1986

  • ACU8611-101.jpg

    ACU Nov 1986

  • ACU8612-047.jpg

    ACU Dec 1986

  • 1987

  • ACU Jan 1987

  • ACU Feb 1987

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