Other Computers:16 bit computers - Revision history

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 See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.
-Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit computer eras.
+Curiously, the 16bit computer era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit computer eras.
 Notable 16-bit machines:

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 See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.
-Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit eras.
+Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit computer eras.
 Notable 16-bit machines:

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 Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit eras.
-Notable 16-bit machines of the era:
+Notable 16-bit machines:
 *TI-99/4 (1979)
 *[[PC|IBM PC]] (1981), PC/XT (1983), PC/AT (1984), PS/2 (1987)
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 *[[MSX|MSX Turbo-R]] (1990)
-Notable 32-bit machines of the era:
+Notable early 32-bit machines:
 *Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)
 *Acorn Archimedes (1987)

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 See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.
-Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit and 32bit eras.
+Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit, 32bit and 64bit eras.
 Notable 16-bit machines of the era:

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	See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.		See [[Amstrad PC]] for more information on Amstrad's ventures into the 16bit world.
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		+	Curiously, the 16bit era only peaked for a few short years, a much shorter timeframe than the 8bit and 32bit eras.

	Notable 16-bit machines of the era:		Notable 16-bit machines of the era:

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 *[[Amiga|Commodore Amiga]] (1985)
 *[[Apple II|Apple IIGS]] (1986)
 *Sharp X68000 (1987)
 *[[MSX|MSX Turbo-R]] (1990)
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 *NeXT Computer (1988)
 *FM Towns (1989)
 *Atari TT (1990)
 *Amiga 3000 (1990)

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 Amstrad couldn't see this move and released the Amstrad Plus range which should have been 16-bit.
-(Or perhaps it should have been an hybrid with both a 16-bit CPU and a Z80 to keep compatibility, why not?)
+(Or perhaps it should have been an hybrid with both a 16-bit CPU and a Z80 to keep compatibility with the old range, why not?)
 On the other hand, Amstrad was producing affordable 16-bit PC compatibles with pseudo EGA capacity (16 colours), so in this way it was actually a 16-bit producer.

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 The 16 bit computer generation peacefully "killed" the 8 bit computers.
-Amstrad couldn't see this move and released the Amstrad Plus range which should have been 16 bit.
+Amstrad couldn't see this move and released the Amstrad Plus range which should have been 16-bit.
-(Or perhaps it should have another Z80 to get a 2x8 bit while keeping compatibility with the the old range .... why not ?)
+(Or perhaps it should have been an hybrid with both a 16-bit CPU and a Z80 to keep compatibility, why not?)
 On the other hand, Amstrad was still producing cheap 16 bit PC compatibles with pseudo EGA capacity (16 colours), so in this way it was actually a 16 bit producer.

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 *[[PC|IBM PC]] (1981), PC/XT (1983), PC/AT (1984), PS/2 (1987)
 *NEC PC-98 (1982)
-*[[Sinclair QL]] (1984)
+*Apple Lisa (1983)
 *Apple Macintosh (1984)
 *Elektronika BK (1985)
 *[[Atari ST]] (1985)