The Atari 400 was an 8-bit home computer released in November 1979. It was based around the MOS 6502 CPU running at 1.8 MHz. As the 400 was part of the Atari 8-bit family, then…
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Atari ST
The Atari ST was a home computer that was first introduced in 1985 by Atari Corporation, being the successor of the Atari 8-bit family and the ST being the new generation of home computers to…

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Released in 1982 in the UK by Sinclair Research, The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer, based around the Zilog Z80 A CPU, with a clock speed of 3.5 MHz. It is the successor…

Sinclair ZX80
Released in 1980, the Sinclair was a British home computer, produced by a company known as ‘Science of Cambridge‘, which later became known as ‘Sinclair Research‘. The name ‘ZX80’ was given, due to the fact…

Oric 1
Oric was a series of home computer systems produced by a company known as Tangerine Computer Systems. Models included the Oric-1, Oric Atmos (Oric-1 successor) and the later Oric Stratos/IQ164 and Telestrat models. In 1983,…

Jupiter Ace
Released in 1982, the Jupiter Ace was a British home computer produced by Jupiter Cantab, a company setup solely for the purpose of the Jupiter Ace. Whist other microcomputers of the time were using BASIC,…

Enterprise
The Enterprise home computer was introduced on to the market in June, 1985 and was based on the Zilog Z80 CPU running at 4 MHz. It was developed by a British company known as Intelligent…