Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda. was an influential

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ian computer company in the 1980s, based in

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History

Established in 1981 by the brothers George and Tomas Kovari (whose initials were the TK of the domestic computers line made by the company), its first product was the ''TK80'', a clone of the

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microcomputer

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. The company reached its height around 1985, with the launching of the

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(clone of the

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) and the ''TK-2000 II'', a

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partially compatible (at

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level) with the

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. At this time, it had approximately 400 employees in three plants (two in

and one in the

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) and more than 700 peddlers spread for all

. Although the logo of the company is identical to the earlier Microdigital Ltd of the

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the company is not related.

Line of products

A not extensive list of Microdigital's products:

Home computers

* TK80 (1981) * TK82 (1981) *

TK82C TK82C was a Sinclair ZX81 clone made by Microdigital Eletronica, Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda., a computer company located in Brazil. General information The TK82C had the Zilog Z80, Zilog Z80A processor running at 3.25 MHz, 2 kiloby ...

(1981) * TK83 (1982) *

TK85 The TK85 was a ZX81 clone made by Microdigital Eletrônica, a computer company located in Brazil. It came with 16 or 48 KB RAM, and had a ZX Spectrum–style case, similar to a '' Timex Sinclair 1500''. Unlike the ZX81, the TK85 used discr ...

(1983) * TKS800 (1984 - ''

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'') *

(1985) *

TK95 The TK 95 microcomputer was a 1986 ZX Spectrum clone by Microdigital Eletrônica, a company located at São Paulo, Brazil. It was an evolution of the TK90X introduced the previous year. The case was redesigned (copied from the Commodore Plus/ ...

(1986)

Personal computers

* TK 2000 (1984) * TK-3000 IIe (1986) * TK-3000 IIe Compact (1987) * TK EXTended (1987) * LT 1600 D (?) * TK Portable (?)

Peripherals

* TK Printer (''

'')

Video-games

* Onyx (1984)- Colecovision clone, never launched * Onyx Jr (1985)

Software

Microdigital sold software (almost always pirate copies of foreign programs) through its subsidiary, ''Microsoft''.

Others

* Microdigital Rhythmic 2 Portable Keyboard

References

External links

*
Microdigital
by Chema Matas i
MicroHobby.com
*

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