Editing Timex Sinclair 2068 (section)

==Related machines==
===Timex Sinclair 2048===
[[File:Timex Computer 2048 (Thomas Conté) (xparent bg and retouch).png|thumb|Timex Computer 2048 (based on the T/S 2048 prototype)]]
A cut-down version of the T/S 2068, based on the T/S 2048 prototype named '''T/S 2048''', was cancelled before entering intended production in 1984. This was due to the commercial failure of the [[Timex Sinclair 1000|T/S 1500]].
According to an early Timex Sinclair 2000 computer flyer, it would have 16&nbsp;KB of [[random-access memory|RAM]], add a [[Kempston Interface|Kempston-compatible]] joystick interface and a two color high resolution mode for 80 column text.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Chris |date=2003 |title=Computers: Timex/Sinclair: TS 2048 |url=https://rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/timex/ts2048.htm |website=Planet Sinclair}}</ref>

The 2048 model number was the intended model number for what finally got named Timex Sinclair 2068. In an interview with Lou Galie, Senior Vice President of Technology at Timex, he tells what he claims to be the real story. Danny Ross, Timex Computer Corporation president, was giving a speech. Lou points: "When Danny announced what was supposed to be the 2048, he mis-spoke and called it the 2068. When I called him on it, he laughed and said: - Rename it. 2068 is better than 2048.".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Florindo |first=Bruno |title=CIRCE - AMERICAN COUSINS |url=http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/files/Circe%20-%20Timex%20Computers.pdf |journal=Byte High No Limit |issue=22 |pages=64}}</ref>

Although the T/S 2048 was cancelled, the '''[[Timex Computer 2048]]''', based on the T/S 2048 prototype and released in 1984, was sold in [[Portugal]] and [[Poland]].

===Timex Computer 2068===
For the '''TC 2068''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=TC2068 – LOAD ZX – TIMEX COMPUTER World |url=https://loadzx.com/timexcomputerworld/tc2068/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> Timex of Portugal made some changes the original T/S 2068 hardware, in order to improve compatibility with the original ZX Spectrum. It also created a Spectrum emulator cartridge that would auto-boot. This cartridge was larger, so the TC 2068 casing was changed to accommodate it.

Main hardware changes:
*Replaced the bus buffers with [[resistor]]s like ZX Spectrum
*Changed the I/O connector to be ZX Spectrum compatible (not requiring the Zebra Twister board)
*Changed the cartridge slot top casing to accept bigger cartridges (for example "Spectrum emulator"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4000071/Timex/Spectrum_Emulator|title=Spectrum Emulator at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware|website=Spectrum Computing}}</ref> and "Timeword"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4000128/Timex/Time_Word|title=Time Word at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware|website=Spectrum Computing}}</ref> cartridges)
*Uses 9V instead of 15V

===Unipolbrit Komputer 2086===
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[[File:Unipolbrit JC-removebg-preview.png|thumb|Unipolbrit 2086]]
A variant of the T/S 2068 was sold in Poland after 1986 under the name '''Unipolbrit [[Komputer 2086]]''' (or UK 2086).<ref name="homecomputerde">{{Cite web |last=Walgenbach |first=Stefan |title=Unipolbrit: Komputer 2086 |url=http://www.homecomputer.de/pages/easteurope_pl.html#unipolbrit |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=HCM: East-European Home-Computer ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 1986 |title=Timex in Polish Export Triumph |work=Timelinez |url=http://worldofspectrum.org/timex/poland.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230203546/http://worldofspectrum.org/timex/poland.htm |archive-date=2019-12-30 }}</ref>

The machine was based on the TC 2068, with further changes introduced by that company:
*Modified ROM
*Replaced a joystick port with a [[parallel port|parallel printer interface]]