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The Amstrad CPC range was not the best competitor, yet as the product was complete and ready to use, it managed to conquer good parts of the 8 bit market...

And many computers were promptly removed from the market thanks to Amstrad.

Notable Z80-based computers from this era:

*VTech Laser (Hong Kong)

*MicroBee (Australia)

Notable 6502-based computers from this era:

*Acorn ([[BBC Micro]], [[Acorn Electron|Electron]]) (UK)

*[[Oric-1/Atmos|Oric]] (UK / France)

Other notable 8-bit computers from this era: