When the Amstrad CPC range entered the market, plenty of personal home computer computers were already available.
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The As the Amstrad CPC range was not the best competitor, yet as the product was complete and ready to useat a fair price, 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:
*Sinclair ([[ZX80/81]], [[ZX Spectrum]]) (UK)
*Amstrad [[PCW]] (UK)
*Camputers [[Lynx]] (UK)
*Memotech MTX (UK)
*Sam Coupé (UK)
*Klein-Computer (KC85, KC87, [[KC Compact]]) (Germany)
*Philips [[VG 5000]] (France)
*Micronique [[Hector]] (USA / France)
*Tandy TRS-80 (USA)
*Mattel Aquarius (USA)
*Coleco Adam (USA)
*[[MSX|MSX Standard]] (various producers, yet a Z80 based technology)
*Sega [[SC-3000]] (Japan)
*Sord M5 (Japan)
*NEC PC (PC-88 6001, PC-6601, PC-8001, PC-8801) (Japan)*Sharp (MZ, X1 ) (Japan)*Toshiba [[PASOPIA 7|Pasopia 7]] (Japan)*VTech Laser (Hong Kong)*EACA [[EG2000 Colour Genie ]] (Hong Kong)*[[Tatung Einstein ]] (Taiwan / UK)
*MicroBee (Australia)
Notable [[MOS 6502|6502]]-based computers from this era:*Commodore (PET, [[VIC-20]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], Plus/4) (USA)
*[[Apple II]] (USA)
*[[Atari|Atari 8 bit]] (USA)
Other notable 8-bit computers from this era:
*[[Thomson]] (MO5, TO7...) (France)
*[[Exelvision EXL100]] (France)
*Dragon computers (UK)
*COMX-35 (Hong Kong)
*Fujitsu Micro 7 (Japan)
*Commodore 128 (6502+Z80)
*Tandy TRS-80 Model 16 (Z80+68000)
*MSX Turbo-R (Z80+R800)
*Sharp MZ-2800 (Z80+80286)
*Matra Alice 8000 (6803+8088)
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