Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda. was a Brazilian 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

TK90X The TK90X was a Brazilian ZX Spectrum clone made in 1985 by Microdigital Eletronica, Microdigital Electrônica, a company from São Paulo, that had previously manufactured Sinclair ZX80, ZX80 (TK80, TK82) and Sinclair ZX81, ZX81 clones (TK82C, TK8 ...

(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 São Paulo (state), São Paulo and one in the

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) and more than 700 peddlers spread for all

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. 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 The TK80 was a home computer produced by ''Microdigital Eletrônica''. A clone of the Sinclair ZX80, it was introduced along with the TK82 in 1981 during the "''I Feira Internacional de Informática".'' There were two versions, one with 1 KB RAM ...

(1981) *

TK82 TK82 was a Sinclair ZX80 clone made by Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda., a computer company located in Brazil. It was introduced along with the TK80 in 1981, during the "''I Feira Internacional de Informática".'' In the January 1982 issue of ' ...

(1981) *

TK82C TK82C was a Sinclair ZX81 clone made by Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda., a computer company located in Brazil. General information The TK82C had the Zilog Z80A processor running at 3.25 MHz, 2 KB SRAM and 8 KB of EPROM with the ...

(1981) *

TK83 The TK83 was a home computer produced by the Brazilian company Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda. and introduced in August 1982. By December 1984, it was no longer being advertised by Microdigital, being discontinued in 1985. The TK83 was a clone of ...

(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 stand ...

(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/4 ...

(1986) File:TK82C Microdigital Eletrônica.jpg, TK82C File:Microdigital TK85 A.jpg, TK85 File:Microdigital TK90X (5393244395).jpg, TK90X File:Microdigital TK95 left view.jpg, TK95

Personal computers

TK 2000 The TK 2000 microcomputer, produced by the Brazilian company Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda, was presented to the public during the 1983 Computer Fair and launched in 1984. It was a clone of the Microprofessor II manufactured by Multitech. Based o ...

(1984) * TK 2000/II (1985) *

TK-3000 IIe The TK 3000 IIe is a personal microcomputer model manufactured by the Brazilian company Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda., compatible with the Apple IIe Enhanced. It was presented to the public at the V International Computing Fair in September 198 ...

(1986) * TK-3000 IIe Compact (1987) * TK EXTended (1987) * LT 1600 D (?) * TK Portable (?) File:Tk2000-ii.jpg, TK 2000 II 128 KB File:Tk3000iie 2.jpg, TK-3000 IIe with green phosphor display, 5.25" disk drive and Apple mouse

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

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Microdigital
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MicroHobby.com
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