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Acorn Archimedes
 The Archimedes was the first RISC home computer. There were three series, the 300, 400 and 500 which shared the same hardware basis: the ARM-2 processor...

Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC 6128 was the successor to the Amstrad CPC 664 which had a very short life. It had almost all the same features as the 664, except the memory. Like the 664, only 42 Kb could be accessed...

Apple ][
Apple II was the successor to the Apple 1 on which it was largely based. It was the very first commercial success of the Apple Computer Company...

Camputers Lynx
The Lynx 48 was a good machine but mainly lacked software. Several models were available with 48k, 96k or 128k RAM, and it was possible reach 192k with RAM expansions on board...

Commodore 64
 The commodore 64 is, along with the Apple II and the Atari XL computers, the most famous home computer. According to the 2001 edition of Guinness book of records, the C64 was the most...

Commodore 128
The Commodore 128 was launched at the Las-Vegas Consumer Electronic Show 1985. It was presented then as a competitor for the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC... 

Commodore Amiga
 The inventor of the Amiga 1000 was Jay Miner, who created the Atari 800 many years before. He wanted to make the most powerful computer ever, then he joined a small Californian company called Amiga...
Commodore PET
These computers are new versions of the PET series. The main improvement was the new ROM version (v4.0) which offers new possibilities such as direct disk operation commands...
Commodore VIC-20
 The VIC-20 – a "family" version of the PET series (using the same microprocessor and Basic language) – was the first computer to sell more than one million units. Once dubbed the MicroPET during the 1980 Computer Electronics Show...
Coleco ADAM
The ADAM is available in two models, the complete system and Expansion Module #3. When the memory console of Expansion Module #3 is connected to the ColecoVision...
Dragon 32 / 64
 The Dragon 64, launched in 83, was exactly the same computer as the Dragon 32, except that it had 64k RAM instead of 32k, an OS9 operating system and a RS232C connector...

EACA Colour Genie
The Colour Genie was the successor of the Genie 1, Genie 2 and Genie 3. It was intended to compete with the Tandy Color Computer although it was not at all compatible with its model...

Exidy Sorcerer
The Sorcerer was first launched in 1978 (although some sources claim 1977, which appears unlikely), at a price of $895 running at 2.106MHz with 8 kilobytes of Random access memory...
Mattel Aquarius
 When the Keyboard Component project was canceled, Mattel searched in a hurry to produce a small and cheap computer. They contacted Radofin Electronics Far East, based in Honk-Kong...
Memotech MTX 512
 The Memotech company started manufacturing expansion cards and high quality memory modules for the Sinclair ZX 81 home computer...
MSX 1
 In the early 80's, there were a lot of home computers. A Japanese company called ASCII corporation (directed by Kay Nishi) decided to create an industry standard for home computers: MSX was born...
MSX 2
After the (relative) success of the MSX 1 computer (in Japan, Europe and South America), Microsoft and ASCII presented its successor...
MSX Turbo-R
 The successor of the MSX 2+ and thus has many characteristics in common. New features include: a new PCM sound chip which can produce digitized sound up to 44 KHz...
Oric 1
 This British computer was one of the most popular computers in Europe in the beginning of the 80's. It was a small computer, which was a competitor of the Sinclair Spectrum...
Osborne
The Executive is the successor of the Osborne 1, from which it keeps the good points and correct its flaws. More memory, bigger screen, more powerful software and... higher price...
Philips P2000
 The P2000 desktop series was the first Philips attempt to penetrate the home computer market. It was released in March 1980 in two version, the P2000M and the P2000T...
PTC SOL - 10 / 20
 The Sol Computer was developed by Bob Marsh, Lee Felsenstein and Gordon French. Bob founded his company, Processor Technology...
Robotron KC85
The KC85/1 was originally introduced as the HC-9001, "HC" meaning "Home Computer". But as the industry demand for computers was so high, they even used these home computers...
SORD M5
The SORD M5 had no really great success outside Japan (and later Czechoslovakia) but had lot of interesting characteristics, very close to MSX computers released soon after...
Spectravideo SV 318 / 328
 The Spectravideo SV 328 was the ancestor of the Spectravideo MSX SV-728 (it had the same case and almost all its features) and the successor of the SV-318...
TANDY MC10
 The Tandy MC 10 (MC means Micro Color) was designed as an "initiation" computer. It is basically a cut down version of the Tandy "Coco" computers, but it didn't have a great success...
Tandy TRS-80 "COCO"
 The Color Computer (affectionately known as a Coco and formerly sold by Tandy) has got to be the most underrated computer ever made. It was based on the Motorola MC6809E...
Tangerine Microtan 65
 This computer is what is the ZX-80 to the ZX-Spectrum, but for the Oric 1. Tangerine developed this computer before they became Oric and produced the Oric-1...
Thomson MO5
 The MO-5 was presented alongside the TO 7/70, in march 1984. While the TO-7/70 follows and enhances the TO-7 philosophy, the MO-5 is more a cut-down version of the TO-7/70...
Thomson TO7
 The Thomson TO 7 is the first micro computer conceived by Thomson and the first French micro-computer. This computer, also called Thomson 9000 was mainly used in French schools and had somehow a great success in France...
 
Thomson TO8
 The Thomson TO 8 is the successor of the Thomson TO 7/TO 7/70. This machine was, like the Thomson MO 5 very used in French schools. It was compatible with the TO 7 and the other members of its family...
Video Technology 310
The Laser 310 is only an improved version of the Laser 200/210. But both computers stay compatibles with each other, for software and hardware.
The Laser 300/310 has a quite bad typewriter keyboard...