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Orion

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An Orion branded CPC has been discovered by a Chinese collector, and displayed on a Chinese forum. The pictures of said CPC have been saved here : https://acpc.me/#ACME/MATERIEL/DISSECTION/[CHI]CHINA/151141_K31-57_ORION
[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.
As far as At least one "Orion" branded CPC is known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there to have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. Howeverin Shenzhen, China. It is unknown if it worked was meant for the opposite way around: Chinese market, Asian market, or imported from Hong Kong. The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.
'''Orion (Japan)'''
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