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Microdigital TK-83	Computers	Home Computer	Brazil	1981	Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source TK-83 /media/museum/photos/microdigital_tk83_system_s1.jpg /companies/microdigital Microdigital label value NAME TK-83 label value MANUFACTURER Microdigital label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Brazil label value YEAR 1981 label value END OF PRODUCTION Unknown label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Sinclair BASIC label value KEYBOARD Membrane 40 keys label value CPU Z80A label value SPEED 3.25 MHz label value RAM 2 KB up to 64 KB label value ROM 8 KB label value TEXT MODES 32 chars. x 22 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 64 x 44 dots label value COLORS Monochrome label value SOUND Unknown label value SIZE / WEIGHT 167 (W) x 175 (D) x 40 (H) mm / 350g label value I/O PORTS Tape recorder, joystick, TV-RF label value POWER SUPPLY External AC adaptor label value PERIPHERALS 16 and 48K RAM modules, all of the Sinclair peripherals label value PRICE 85$ (USA, 1983) photos title subtitle text image LARGER VIEW Thanks to **Franco Girardi** /media/museum/photos/microdigital_tk83_system_s3.jpg title subtitle text image TOP VIEW Thanks to **Franco Girardi** /media/museum/photos/microdigital_tk83_topview_s1.jpg title subtitle text image BOTH SIDES Thanks to **Franco Girardi** /media/museum/photos/microdigital_tk83_sides_s1.jpg title subtitle text image MICRODIGITAL LABEL Thanks to **Franco Girardi** /media/museum/photos/microdigital_tk83_label_s1.jpg author date text jaime (England, UK) Tuesday 15th April 2014 Do you still have one the sell? I had one as a kid and would love to own one again :D author date text jaime (England, UK) Tuesday 15th April 2014 Do you still have one the sell? I had one as a kid and would love to own one again :D author date text Rogerio de Avila (Brasilia/Brazil) Tuesday 13rd August 2013 Jorge Nunez,\ How do I contact you in private?\ It''s about your TK83.\ Thanks author date text Jorge Nunez (Brazil/Sao Paulo) Friday 14th June 2013 I have one to sell.. author date text Maldoror Monday 22nd April 2013 As far as I know, Microdigital manufactured the TK line in Brazil. However, some electric goods manufacturer from Argentina got to sell some "2nd Generation" clones (clones of clones) under the Czerweny brand: CZ1000 standing for the TimexSinclair 1000, and so on. CZ2000 was a ZX Spectrum clone. author date text Marthins (Lord Fenix) (brazil) Sunday 22nd April 2012 TK83 Width: 167 mm\ Depth: 175 mm\ Height: 40 mm\ Weight: 350 g author date text Tigh (Brazil) Monday 16th January 2012 Microdigital was a Brazillian manufacturer. Had a subsidiary in Argentina but all plants were located in Brazil (2 in São Paulo and 1 Manaus).\ TK83 was manufactured on one of that plants and exported to Argentina just relabeled to be marketed as a national product. author date text Webmaster (France) Monday 5th September 2011 Good question. That is weird because Microdigital is really from Brazil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdigital_Eletronica). Maybe the factory was in Argentina ? author date text Dragontamer (Spain) Monday 1st August 2011 Sorry, but if the label on the computer says ''made in Argentina'', why is credited to Brazil? 1019 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230328121623/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1019 2023-03-28

The TK83 followed the TK82. It was a close copy of the ZX81 but offered some enhanced features: 2 KB of RAM expandable up to 64 KB, and a joystick interface.

The tape speed could be either 300 or 4200 baud per second. The machine shipped with a beige or silver case, the same size as the ZX-81's.

Thanks to Franco Girardi for the picture.

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