Timex Sinclair 2068 Microcomputer
date: label: Date made
content: 1980s
name: label: maker
content: Timex Computer Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Introduced in 1983 at a cost of $199.95, the Timex-Sinclair 2068 (TS 2068) was the fourth and last Sinclair personal computer sold in the US market. It followed the ZX-81 (marketed by Sinclair Research through an American branch), TS 1000, and TS 1500. It’s design also drew on Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum (the Spectrum was not marketed in the U.S.).
label: Description
content: The TS 2068 used a Z80 processor that ran at 3.58 MHz. Its memory included 48 KB of RAM and 24 KB of ROM. A cassette recorder was used for external storage. Like the TS 1000, the 2068 included a BASIC interpreter to run programs. Additional functions had been added to handle more complex graphic and sound commands. The TS 2068 included a sound chip and speaker at the bottom of the computer and had a range of 10 octaves and 130 semitones directly programmable from BASIC. Users could buy a TS 2040 printer that was attached to an expansion port.
label: Description
content: The TS 2068 was well equipped for playing games and, with the use of an appropriate cartridge, could be used with most software designed for the ZX Spectrum. The computer was generally used for entertainment, educational, and programming tutorials.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul Van Eeckhoven
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0205.01
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0205.01
label: accession number
content: 2000.0205
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 41.5 cm x 31.2 cm; 4 1/8 in x 16 5/16 in x 12 5/16 in