It was even used in the [[Sega MegaDrive]] as the sound CPU and in the [[Commodore C128]] as a secondary processor in order to achieve [[CP/M]] compatibility. Similarly, the Acorn Z80 Second Processor expansion for the [[BBC Micro]] enables [[CP/M]] compatibility.
Although there were definitely other CPUs in use in the 1980s, the vast majority of microcomputers people had at home or at the office used either a [[MOS 6502]] (or one of its variants), a Zilog [[Z80]], an early member of the [[Intel 8086]] family, or a [[Motorola 68000]].
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