The Unipolbrit Komputer 2086 was a Polish version of the

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Timex Sinclair 2068 The Timex Sinclair 2068 (T/S 2068), released in November 1983, was Timex Sinclair's third and last home computer for the United States market. It was also marketed in Canada, Argentina, Portugal and Poland, as Timex Computer 2068 (TC 2068). H ...

, produced by a

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of the Polish state-owned ''Unimor'' and foreign company ''Polbrit International''. Introduced in 1986, the computer had a cost of roughly 190000 zł. The machine wasn't 100%

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-compatible (like all other

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computers) and a "Spectrum Emulation" cartridge was available (usually bundled).

Technical specifications

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* Zilog Z80A @ 3.50 MHz

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* 16

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* 48

Display * Timex SCLD chip with Extended Color, Dual Screen and High Resolution screen modes: ** Text: 32×24 characters (8×8 pixels, rendered in graphics mode) ** Graphics: 256×192 pixels, 15 colours (two simultaneous colours - "attributes" - per 8×8 pixels, causing attribute clash) ** Extended Color: 256×192 pixels, 15 colors with colour resolution of 32×192 (two simultaneous colours - "attributes" - per 8x1 pixels) ** Dual Screen: (two 256×192 pixels screens can be placed in memory) ** High Resolution: 512×192 mode with 2 colours (Four palettes: Black & White, Blue & Yellow, Red & Cyan, Magenta & Green). Sound * Beeper (1 channel, 10 octaves and 10+ semitones via internal speaker) and

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PSG (three channels) I/O * Line audio in/out for external cassette tape storage * RF television out *

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monitor out *

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input * Cartridge port *

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printer port. Storage * External cassette tape recorder * External 5" 1/4 or 3" disc drives Keyboard * Mechanical keyboard: 42 keys, five

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Gallery

File:Unipolbrit 2086 zestaw 2.jpg, Unipolbrit with external disc drive File:Unipolbrit 2086 FDD przod.jpg, External 3" drive. File:Unipolbrit ekran.jpg, Unipolbrit boot screen File:Unipolbrit 2086 kartridż.jpg, Unipolbrit with cartridge drive open File:Unipolbrit kardridz.JPG, ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge File:Unipolbrit sinclair ekran.jpg, ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge boot screen

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UK2086 page Computer-related introductions in 1986 ZX Spectrum clones {{comp-hardware-stub

Technical specifications

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