| DK'Tronics Light Pen |
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| Release Date | 1983 |
| Original Publisher | DK'Tronics Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | |
| Genre | Hardware: Graphics |
| Max. Players | 0 |
| Required by | program DK'Tronics Light Pen program DK'Tronics Light Pen MK2/3 |
| Came with | program DK'Tronics Light Pen |
| Original Price | £19.95 |
Re-releases
| #1 - Ventamatic (Spain) | as "Ventamatic Lapiz Optico" |
Summary
| Draw in high resolution on your TV screen. "This highly successful Light Pen fits neatly onto the rear of the computer. The operating software now runs faster and supports 16 pre-defined instructions. You can change all the colours (border, paper, ink), draw circles, arcs, boxes, lines and insert text onto the screen. There are also features to draw freehand and animate on the 48K Spectrum, you can retain and animate 5 screens. You can also use the machine code on its own in your own programs." |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| DKTronicsLightPenV4.0_Manual.pdf | 160,892 | Original | Instructions | - English manual | ||
| DKTronicsLightPen.jpg | 54,835 | Original | Hardware picture | |||
| DKTronicsLightPen_Back.jpg | 47,264 | Original | Hardware picture | |||
| DKTronicsLightPen_PCB-Bottom.jpg | 45,147 | Original | Hardware picture | |||
| DKTronicsLightPen_PCB-Top.jpg | 32,023 | Original | Hardware picture | |||
| DKTronicsLightPen.jpg | 181,312 | Original | Hardware advertisement scan | |||
| DKTronicsLightPen_2.gif | 202,631 | Original | Hardware advertisement scan |
Magazine Reviews
| ZX Computing | issue #15-1984/Oct | page 83 | - Review |
Magazine References
| Computer Choice | issue 1984/Mar | page 68 | - Feature - DK'tronics light pen | |
| Games Computing | issue 1984/Dec | page 42 | - Feature - Graphics Help | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #1-1983/Mar/8 special "week#2" | page 8 | - News/Note - DK'tronics light pen | |
| Personal Computer News | issue #67-1984/Jun/30 | page 5 | - News/Note - DK'tronics light pen | |
| Sinclair Answers | issue #2-1985/Jan | page 10 | - Feature - Top 10 Upgrades | |
| Sinclair Projects | issue #5-1983/Aug | page 9 | - News/Note - Light work of input | |
| Sinclair User | issue #16-1983/Jul | page 24 | - News/Note - DK'tronics light pen | |
| Sinclair User | issue #18-1983/Sep | page 19 | - Letters - DK'tronics light pen, re. | |
| Sinclair User | issue #30-1984/Sep | page 23 | - News/Note - DK'tronics light pen | |
| Your Computer | issue v.6 #5-1986/May | page 58 | - Feature - General purpose I/O devices | |
| ZX Computing | issue #14-1984/Aug | page 39 | - News/Note - DK'tronics light pen | |
| ZX Computing | issue #15-1984/Oct | page 83 | - Feature - DK'tronics light pen | |
| ZX Computing | issue #16-1984/Dec | page 83 | - Feature - Shop Window - Spectrum peripherals | |
| ZX Computing | issue #22-1985/Dec | page 40 | - Feature - Graphics '85 |
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