Brand: Microdigital Eletrônica Ltda
Model: TK 95
Country of origin: Uruguay (PAL-N, Spanish ROM)
Made in: Brazil
First year of production: 1986
Dimensions: 336 × 144 × 68 mm (feet adds 3 mm)
Weight: 1159 g
A slightly improved version of the Brazilian TK90X .
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The TK95 ROM was based on the TK90X version 2 ROM. Just the boot screen message was changed from “TK9oX – Color Computer” to “TK Color Computer”.
The only difference between the 2 language ROMs is byte 1211 which indicates the language (201 for Portuguese; Ø for Spanish) as both languages appear within the ROM. (This is best demonstrated in an emulator with a non-write-protected ROM area, where you can POKE the byte and see the result immediately.)
All TK95’s have a MC16845 ULA; unlike the TK90X there was no version of the motherboard with the Ferranti ULA as these were no longer available or in stock.
The TK95 has a built-in joystick port, compatible with joystick port 1 of ZX Interface 2 (67890).
The case of the TK95 bears a striking resemblance to the Commodore plus/4 as can be seen here on the right.
The TK95 wasn’t the only computer case design copy—the case of the TK2000 (an MPF-II clone which in itself was a partial Apple II clone) closely resembled that of an Atari 1200XL.
Microdigital’s software department was called “Microsoft” and had a logo very similar to that of the North American Microsoft in 1980!
