List of ZX80 and ZX81 clones

The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's ZX80 and ZX81 home computers:

ZX80

• MicroAce (1980, US)^[1][2][3]
• Microdigital TK80 (1981, Brazil)^[4][5]
• Nova Electrônica/Prológica NE-Z80 (1981, Brazil)^[6]

ZX81

Official clones

• Timex Sinclair T/S 1000 (a ZX81 with the same circuit board from the same factory, but with a 2K x 8 RAM chip instead of 1K. This is typically a U.S. model, with a VHF NTSC RF modulator and slightly improved RF shielding, but are the same BASIC machine)
• Timex Sinclair T/S 1500 (a ZX81 in a ZX Spectrum like case)
• Lambda Electronics Lambda 8300^[7] (a 1983 clone, also branded as PC 8300, DEF 3000,^[8] Basic 2000, Marathon 32K, Tonel PC, Unisonic Futura 8300, PC-81 Personal Computer, CAC-3, Polybrain P118, Creon Electronics Power 3000^[9] or NF300 jiaoXueDianNao^[10])

Brazilian clones

• Microdigital TK82 (ZX80 case, 1981)^[11][5]
• Microdigital TK82C (smaller case and 2K RAM, 1981)^[12]
• Microdigital TK83 (same case as original, but golden instead of black, 1982)^[13][5]
• Microdigital TK85 (ZX Spectrum case and 16K or 48K RAM, 1983)^[14][5]
• Prológica CP-200 (inverted video and larger case, 1982)^[15][16][17]
• Prologica CP200S^[18]
• cdSE Microcomputadores Apply 300^[19][20]
• Ritas do Brasil Ringo R470 (1983)^{[21][22][23][24]}
• Nova Electrônica/Prológica NE-Z8000 (1982)^{[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]}
• Engebrás AS-1000 (1984)^{[32][33][34][20]}

Argentinean clones

• Czerweny CZ 1000 (1985)^[35][36][37]
• Czerweny CZ 1500 (1985)^[38][39][37]
• Czerweny CZ 1000 Plus (1986)^[40][41][37]
• Czerweny CZ 1500 Plus (1986)^[42][37]

South Korean clones

• Samsung SPC-300^[43]
• GoldStar FC-30^[44][45][46]
• Boeun Peek PC-1000 (Timex Sinclair 1000 compatible, 1983)^[47]

Modern clones

In recent years retrocomputing enthusiasts created various clones or recreations of the ZX80/ZX81.

• ZX81+38 ^[48]
• ZX80/ZX81 Double Clone ^[49] and related ZX80/ZX81 Project ^[50]
• ZX97 ^[51]
• Minstrel ^[52]
• Wilco/Baffa's one ^[53]
• TELLAB TL801, an Italian clone designed in 2002 that can emulate both the ZX80 or ZX81. Selection between machines is made via a jumper.^[54]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Derivatives and clones of Sinclair ZX81.

• Planet Sinclair: Computers: Clones and Variants
• Sinclair Nostalgia Products — Sinclair Clones

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