<s>
The	O
Timex	B-Device
Sinclair	I-Device
2068	I-Device
(	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
1983	O
,	O
was	O
Timex	O
Sinclair	O
's	O
third	O
and	O
last	O
home	O
computer	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
marketed	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Portugal	O
and	O
Poland	O
,	O
as	O
Timex	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
2068	I-Device
(	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Timex	O
's	O
ZX81-based	O
T/S	B-Device
1000	I-Device
and	O
T/S	B-Device
1500	I-Device
,	O
a	O
new	O
series	O
of	O
ZX	O
Spectrum-based	O
machines	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
named	O
T/S	O
2000	O
(	O
as	O
reflected	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
manual	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
machine	O
evolved	O
into	O
the	O
T/S	O
2048	O
prototype	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
as	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
chosen	O
mainly	O
for	O
marketing	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertisements	O
described	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
as	O
offering	O
72K	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
for	O
a	O
price	O
under	O
$200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
1500	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
40K	O
memory	O
machine	O
(	O
16K	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
24K	O
ROM	B-Device
)	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
2068	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
72K	O
machine	O
(	O
48K	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
24K	O
ROM	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Timex	O
Computer	O
Corporation	O
folded	O
in	O
February	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
independent	O
Portuguese	O
division	O
continued	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
machine	O
in	O
Portugal	O
as	O
the	O
Timex	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
2068	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Poland	O
until	O
1989	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Unipolbrit	B-Device
Komputer	I-Device
2086	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Portuguese-made	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
was	O
also	O
sold	O
in	O
Poland	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
Komputer	B-Device
2086	I-Device
was	O
actually	O
made	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timex	O
of	O
Portugal	O
sold	O
2	O
versions	O
of	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
:	O
the	O
silver	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
version	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
ZX	O
Spectrum	O
emulator	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
and	O
a	O
black	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
version	O
sold	O
with	O
TimeWord	O
word	O
processing	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
plus	O
the	O
Timex	O
RS232	O
Interface	O
to	O
use	O
TimeWord	O
with	O
a	O
RS232	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
's	O
main	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
Spectrum	O
were	O
in	O
areas	O
that	O
had	O
come	O
in	O
for	O
widespread	O
criticism	O
(	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
keyboard	O
and	O
—	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
—	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
joystick	B-Device
ports	O
and	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
support	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
's	O
successors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
UK	O
models	O
,	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
was	O
not	O
burdened	O
by	O
the	O
requirement	O
of	O
compatibility	O
with	O
previous	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cut-down	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
T/S	O
2048	O
prototype	O
named	O
T/S	O
2048	O
,	O
was	O
cancelled	O
before	O
entering	O
intended	O
production	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
1500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
early	O
Timex	O
Sinclair	O
2000	O
computer	O
flyer	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
16KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
add	O
a	O
Kempston-compatible	O
joystick	B-Device
interface	O
and	O
a	O
two	O
color	O
high	O
resolution	O
mode	O
for	O
80	O
column	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2048	O
model	O
number	O
was	O
the	O
intended	O
model	O
number	O
for	O
what	O
finally	O
got	O
named	O
Timex	B-Device
Sinclair	I-Device
2068	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
T/S	O
2048	O
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
the	O
Timex	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
2048	I-Device
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
T/S	O
2048	O
prototype	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
Portugal	O
and	O
Poland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
,	O
Timex	O
of	O
Portugal	O
made	O
some	O
changes	O
the	O
original	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
hardware	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
ZX	O
Spectrum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
created	O
a	O
Spectrum	O
emulator	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
that	O
would	O
auto-boot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
was	O
larger	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
casing	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
accommodate	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
was	O
sold	O
in	O
Poland	O
after	O
1986	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Unipolbrit	B-Device
Komputer	I-Device
2086	I-Device
(	O
or	O
UK	O
2086	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
,	O
with	O
further	O
changes	O
introduced	O
by	O
that	O
company	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
was	O
a	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
device	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
UK	O
ancestor	O
,	O
the	O
ZX	O
Spectrum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timex	O
SCLD	O
chip	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
's	O
ULA	O
,	O
offering	O
additional	O
Extended	O
Color	O
,	O
Dual	O
Screen	O
and	O
High	O
Resolution	O
screen	B-Operating_System
modes	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
improved	O
T/S	O
2000	O
BASIC	O
,	O
that	O
extends	O
Sinclair	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
with	O
new	O
keywords	O
to	O
address	O
new	O
hardware	O
and	O
bank-switched	B-General_Concept
memory	O
,	O
allowing	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
to	O
be	O
mapped	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
remedy	O
this	O
,	O
many	O
TS	O
users	O
built	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
with	O
a	O
Spectrum	O
ROM	B-Device
for	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T/S	O
2000	O
BASIC	O
was	O
an	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
Sinclair	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
adding	O
the	O
following	O
six	O
keywords	O
to	O
the	O
ordinary	O
Sinclair	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
ones	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FREE	O
is	O
a	O
function	O
that	O
gives	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
free	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
PRINT	O
FREE	O
will	O
show	O
how	O
much	O
RAM	B-Architecture
is	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
STICK	O
is	O
a	O
function	O
that	O
gives	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
internal	O
joystick	B-Device
(	O
Timex	O
Sinclair	O
2090	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timex	O
Computer	O
Corp	O
published	O
7	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
and	O
37	O
cassettes	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
T/S	B-Device
2068	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
titles	O
were	O
released	O
both	O
on	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
and	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
software	O
catalog	O
,	O
4	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
and	O
22	O
of	O
the	O
planned	O
tapes	O
were	O
never	O
released	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
Timex	O
of	O
Portugal	O
released	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
(	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
ZX	O
Spectrum	O
Emulator	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
TimeWord	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
TC	B-Device
2068	I-Device
)	O
,	O
tapes	O
and	O
software	O
on	O
disks	O
(	O
ex	O
:	O
Tasword	B-Protocol
for	O
Timex	B-Device
FDD	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
Mechanics	O
in	O
February	O
1984	O
called	O
the	O
Timex	B-Device
Sinclair	I-Device
2068	I-Device
's	O
keyboard	O
a	O
"	O
mixed	O
blessing	O
"	O
and	O
reported	O
a	O
flaw	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
signal	O
,	O
but	O
liked	O
its	O
BASIC	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
$200	O
,	O
the	O
2068	O
is	O
a	O
nice	O
package	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
