Cambridge Systems Technology (CST) was a company formed in the early 1980s by ex-
Torch Computers engineers David Oliver and Martin Baines, to produce peripherals for the
BBC Micro, and later, with Graham Priestley,
Sinclair QL microcomputers.
Products included
IEEE 488,
floppy disk
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and
SCSI
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interfaces.
Following the demise of the Sinclair QL in 1986, CST began producing the
Thor series of QL-compatible
personal computers.
These had limited commercial success, and CST had ceased trading by the end of the decade.
References
See also
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Miracle Systems
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Sinclair QL
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Sinclair Research
Defunct companies based in Cambridgeshire
Defunct computer companies of the United Kingdom
Defunct computer hardware companies
Companies established in the 1980s
Companies disestablished in the 1980s
Science and technology in Cambridgeshire
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