When the Amstrad CPC range entered the market, personnal 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 other [[Z80]]-based computers:*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 )*Sega [[SC-3000]] (and computersJapan)*Sord M5 (Japan)*NEC PC (PC-6001, PC-6601, PC-8001, PC-8801) (Japan)*Sharp (MZ, X1) (Japan)*Toshiba [[PASOPIA 7|Pasopia]] (Japan)*[[EG2000 Colour Genie]] (Hong Kong)*[[Tatung Einstein]] (Taiwan / UK)*MicroBee (Australia) from this era were :
*Notable [[Commodore 64MOS 6502|Commodore6502]] -based computers:*Commodore (PET, [[VIC-20]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], Plus/4) (USA)*[[ZX SpectrumApple II]] (USA)*[[Atari|ZX SpectrumAtari 8 bit]] (ZX80USA)*Acorn (Atom, ZX81[[BBC Micro]], Sinclair ZX[[Acorn Electron|Electron]]) (UK)*[[Thomson computersOric-1/Atmos|Thomson Oric]] (UK / France) Other notable 8-bit computers:*[[Thomson]] (MO5, TO7...) (France)*ACORN [[Exelvision EXL100]] (BBC microFrance)*[[MSX|MSXMatra Alice]] Standard (various producers, yet a USA / France)*Tandy CoCo (USA)*Dragon computers (UK)*COMX-35 (Hong Kong)*Fujitsu Micro (Japan) Notable 8-bit machines with dual CPUs:*Commodore SuperPET (6502+6809)*Commodore 128 (6502+Z80 based technology)*Tandy TRS-80 Model 16 (Z80+68000)*MSX Turbo-R (Z80+R800)*Sharp MZ-2800 (Z80+80286)*Matra Alice 8000 (6803+8088) [[Category:Non CPC Computers| ]]