== The GX4000 ==
[[Image:Gx4000.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Amstrad [[GX4000]] ]]
By 1990 Amstrad had realised that the home market was heading towards the 16-bit machines, one one hand, and towards the new generation of game consoles like the Sega Master System or the Nintendo Entertainment System, on the other. Therefore, just as they created the 464+/6128+ by upgrading the old machines, to compete against the ST and the Amiga, they also created a stripped-down variant called the GX4000. The GX4000 was, in essence, a 6128+ motherboard in a new case, with no keyboard and with most entension ports gone - save for the cartridge port and two joypads.