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IPTVT (TRAIAN VUIA POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE) MicroTim+	Computers	Home Computer	Romania	1994	Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos links oc_id source MicroTim+ /media/museum/photos/iptvt_microtim-plus_1.jpg /companies/iptvt-traian-vuia-polytechnical-institute IPTVT (TRAIAN VUIA POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE) label value NAME MicroTim+ label value MANUFACTURER IPTVT (Traian Vuia Polytechnical Institute) label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Romania label value YEAR ? 1994 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic label value KEYBOARD Separated keyboard. 40 keys. Functions & statements labeled next to the keys label value CPU Z80A, Z80B for TIM-S label value SPEED 3.5 MHz, 6 MHz for the TIM-S label value RAM 80 KB label value VRAM The video RAM was doubled, to permit the acces of CPU for reading even during screen refresh label value ROM 16 Kb ROM (slightly modified ZX Spectrum ROM). The ROM was label value TEXT MODES 32 columns x 24 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 192 dots label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value I/O PORTS Power in, parallel port, serial port, cassette interface, monitor output, RGB video output, RF TV output, keyboard connector, expansion port? label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU, separate in some models label value PRICE Unknown photos links 634 title subtitle text image KEYBOARD Thanks to [www.ionicol.com](http://www.ionicol.com) for the picture. /media/museum/photos/iptvt_microtim-plus_keyboard.jpg title subtitle text image REAR Thanks to [www.ionicol.com](http://www.ionicol.com) for the picture. /media/museum/photos/iptvt_microtim-plus_rear.jpg title subtitle text image MOTHER BOARD Thanks to [www.ionicol.com](http://www.ionicol.com) for the picture. /media/museum/photos/iptvt_microtim-plus_mobo.jpg title url text www.ionicol.com http://www.ionicol.com These guys sometimes have very interesting romanian computers for sell 649 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605042307/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=649 2023-06-05

The MicroTim+ was a Romanian unlicenced ZX Spectrum clone, and was the successor of the TIM-S. It was produced at the Timisoara factory in a very rectricted number (a short series of no more than a couple hundred computers).

The MicroTim+ was slightly different from the MicroTim. It was made of two parts: a detachable keyboard (with statements and functions labeled next to the keys) and a main case housing the mother board. The plastic case seems to have been made for another system as there were vertical slots for expansions at the rear, but no expansion connectors inside.

The system was powered by an internal power supply and had an internal speaker.

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More information from Dragodan Adrian:
I still have 2 pcs. of this model at home, in perfect working order.
Actually, they are 99% ZX Spectrum compatibles, with a slightly modified ROM, and with several improvements.
The earliest model was called SpecTim (SPECtrum+TIMisoara) and, A.F.A.I.K., never industrially produced.
The next models were TIM-S, in fact the first computers produced at Timisoara. It had a Z80B CPU and a dual speed - 3.5 Mhz and 6 Mhz, with a TURBO switch, RS232 and Centronics Amstrad-style. The Power Supply was external. The expansion bus is a 96-pin male connector. Also it's having a flat keyboard.
microTIM and microTIM+ were cost-reduced versions, without RS232 and 6 Mhz mode. mTIM and mTIM+ had a "real" keyboard (several designs). My two pcs have a case identical with your picture of microTIM, but slightly different keys styles.
I have a friend who had a mTIM+ with the case like the one in your pict. Functionally they were identical, but the model with separated keyboard had a Sinclair joystick connector.
The last machine that was produced in a small serie was TIM-S+, a CP/M and Spectrum +3 compatible, with a huge desktop PC-style case and two 5,1/4 FDD's. It had 128 Kb RAM and 2 Kb ROM. The original ROM for 48k or +3 mode was loaded from disk.

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