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==The early 8-bits, 1977-79==
[[file:Trinity77.jpg|thumb|The Trinity of 77'.]]
* '''Sides''': [[Apple II|Apple ][]], Radio Shack's [[TRS-80]], Commodore PET, [[Atari 8 Bit Computers|Atari 400/800]], and various CP/M machines.
* '''Winner''': Unknown; most likely the Apple ][.
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The market was also flooded with S-100 machines sporting the CP/M operating system. It is important to note that the various CP/M systems weren't really competing with the Apple ][, Atari, Radio Shack, or Commodore computers. The CP/M machines were both much more expensive and more compatible with minicomputers (like the VAX), making them business machines more than game systems. The Apple ][, however, had an expandable architecture and VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program, putting it somewhere in between contemporary home computers and the average CP/M system. In the later years it even received a Z-80 expansion card, which allowed it to run CP/M directly.
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==The middle 8-bit wars (and the home computer explosion), 1980-82==
* '''Sides''': Commodore [[VIC 20]], Sinclair ZX80, Apple ][ (again), [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]], Radio Shack's TRS-80 Color Computer (the CoCo), Osbourne 1, and a whole lot of others.
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