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SPECIFICATION OF TIMEX COMPUTER 2048

 

Text Box: NAME: TIMEX COMPUTER 2048 (TC-2048)

MANUFACTURER: Timex Computers 

TYPE: 8 bit Home Computer 

ORIGIN: Portugal / USA

YEAR: 1984 

BUILT IN LANGUAGE: Sinclair BASIC 

KEYBOARD: 42 plastic keys 

CPU: Z80A 

CPU's SPEED: 3,5 MHz. 

ROM SOUND: 1 channel, 10 octaves, from built-in speaker / beeper and MIC port.

SOFTWARE SOUND: 9 channels (max), various modulations, drums, digital sound etc. Still only 1 bit. 

VIDEO CHIP: ULA chip 

GRAPHIC MODES: 256 x 192 dots in colour mode, 512 x 192 dots in monochrome mode 

COLORS: 15

STANDARD TEXT MODES: 32 chars. x 24 rows, 80 columns extended mode (other text modes are fully and freely programmable)

RAM: 48 KB 

ROM: 16 KB 

I/O PORTS: Audio OUT/IN (also for Tape Recorder), TV, Composite Video, RGB, Joystick, ZX-bus connector 

OS: BASIC based 

POWER SUPPLY: External power supply unit, 9V

PERIPHERALS: All the Sinclair Spectrum and Timex Computers stuff