When the Amstrad CPC range entered the market, plenty of personal home computer computers were already available.
The As the Amstrad CPC range was not the best competitor, yet as the product was complete and ready to useat a fair price, it managed to conquer good parts of the 8 bit market...
And many computers were promptly removed from the market thanks to Amstrad.
Notable [[Z80]]-based computers from this era:
*Sinclair ([[ZX80/81]], [[ZX Spectrum]]) (UK)
*Amstrad [[PCW]] (UK)
*[[Enterprise]] 64/128 (UK)
*Camputers [[Lynx]] (UK)
*Memotech MTX (UK)
*Sam Coupé (UK)
*Klein-Computer (KC85, KC87, [[KC Compact]]) (Germany)
*Philips [[VG 5000]] (France)
*Micronique [[Hector]] (USA / France)
*Tandy TRS-80 (USA)
*Mattel Aquarius (USA)
*Coleco Adam (USA)
*[[MSX|MSX Standard]] (various producers, yet a Z80 based technology)
*Sega [[SC-3000]] (Japan)
*Sord M5 (Japan)
*NEC PC (PC-88 6001, PC-6601, PC-8001, PC-8801) (Japan)*Sharp (MZ, X1 ) (Japan)*Toshiba [[PASOPIA 7|Pasopia]] (Japan)*VTech Laser [[EG2000 Colour Genie]] (Hong Kong)*[[Tatung Einstein ]] (Taiwan / UK)
*MicroBee (Australia)
Notable [[MOS 6502|6502]]-based computers from this era:*Commodore (PET, [[VIC-20]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], Plus/4) (USA)
*[[Apple II]] (USA)
*[[Atari|Atari 8 bit]] (USA)
Other notable 8-bit computers from this era:
*[[Thomson]] (MO5, TO7...) (France)
*[[Exelvision EXL100]] (France)
*Tandy CoCo (USA)
*Dragon computers (UK)
*COMX-35 (Hong Kong)*Fujitsu Micro 7 (Japan) Notable 8-bit machines with dual CPUs:*Commodore SuperPET (6502+6809)*Commodore 128 (6502+Z80)*Tandy TRS-80 Model 16 (Z80+68000)*MSX Turbo-R (Z80+R800)*Sharp MZ-2800 (Z80+80286)*Matra Alice 8000 (6803+8088)
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