The UnipolbritUnipolbrit is a portmanteau word of Uni, from Unimor company and Polbrit company (which itself is pol, from Poland and brit from British). The number 86 in 2086 is from the last two digits of the year of the production start. Komputer 2086 was a Polish version of the home computer Timex Sinclair 2068, produced by a joint venture of the Polish state-owned Unimor and foreign company Polbrit International. Introduced in 1986, the computer had a cost of roughly 190000 zł.
The machine wasn't 100% ZX Spectrum-compatible (like all other Timex Sinclair computers) and a "Spectrum Emulation" cartridge was available (usually bundled).
Technical specifications CPU
Zilog Z80A @ 3.50 MHz
ROM
16 KiB
RAM
48 KiB
Display
Timex SCLD chip with Extended Color, Dual Screen and High Resolution screen modes: Text: 32×24 characters (8×8 pixels, rendered in graphics mode) Graphics: 256×192 pixels, 15 colours (two simultaneous colours - "attributes" - per 8×8 pixels, causing attribute clash) Extended Color: 256×192 pixels, 15 colors with colour resolution of 32×192 (two simultaneous colours - "attributes" - per 8x1 pixels) Dual Screen: (two 256×192 pixels screens can be placed in memory) High Resolution: 512×192 mode with 2 colours (Four palettes: Black & White, Blue & Yellow, Red & Cyan, Magenta & Green).
Sound
Beeper (1 channel, 10 octaves and 10+ semitones via internal speaker) and AY-3-8912 PSG (three channels)
I/O
Line audio in/out for external cassette tape storage RF television out DIN Composite monitor out Kempston Joystick input Cartridge port Centronics printer port.
Storage
External cassette tape recorder External 5" 1/4 or 3" disc drives
Keyboard
Mechanical keyboard: 42 keys, five function keys, cursor keys
Gallery
See also Elwro 800 Junior Mera-Elzab Meritum Timex Sinclair 2068
Notes
External links Komputer 2086 at HCM. Accessed on April 5, 2008. Timex Computer World UK2086 page