The KC compact is a clone of the Amstrad CPC and was developed by a East German company called RFT.
The computer was designed in 1989 and made to celebrate 40 years of the DDR/GDR (Deutsches Democratic Deutsche Demokratische Republik/German Democratic Republic). A year later the Berlin wall came down and East and West Germany were joined together and the DDR/GDR came to an end. Production of the computer halted, and it was only available for a short time and is rare.
I read about the KC compact in the Amscene section of Amstrad Action magazine, a Future Publishing Ltd publication. From that point I was hooked and I eventually wanted to own one.