List of home computers by category - Definition and Overview

This is a list of home computers by category where the main category is the CPU wordlength (8 or 16 bits) and the subcategory is the specific CPU used in each machine. For an uncategorized list, see the list of home computers article, which gives an alphabetic list sorted by the computers' name.

Home computers using 8-bit processors

MOS Technology, Inc. 6502

• Acorn Computers Ltd
  • Acorn Atom
  • Acorn Electron
  • BBC Micro (plus an optional, faster, 6502 in external coprocessor module)
  • BBC Master (65C02)

• Apple Computer
  • Apple I
  • Apple II, II+ (incl Bell & Howell), IIe
  • Apple IIe Enhanced, IIe Platinum (65C02)
  • Apple IIc, IIc+ (65C02)
  • Apple ///, ///+ (Synertek 6502A)

• Atari
  • Atari 400 & 800
  • Atari 600XL, 800XL, 1200XL, 65XE, 130XE, XEGS (6502C)

• Commodore International
  • PET/CBM
  • VIC-20
  • CBM-II, aka B range (6509)
  • Commodore 64, SX-64 (6510)
  • C64C (6510A)
  • C16 and Plus/4 (7501)
  • C128, 128D (8502)

• Franklin Computer Corp.
  • Franklin ACE 100 (clone of the Apple II)
  • Franklin ACE 1000 (clone of the Apple IIe)
  • Franklin ACE 1200 (6502 as well as a Z80)
  • Franklin ACE 500 (65C02)
  • Franklin ACE 2000, 2100, 2200 (clones of Apple IIe/IIc) (65SC02)

• Ohio Scientific
  • C1P (SBC with space for 8MB RAM in 2114 type memory chips)
  • Superboard (like C1P but without the case)
  • C4P (multiboard computer with backplane bus)

• Oric Int'l/Tangerine
  • Oric-1 (6502A)
  • Oric Atmos (6502A)

Zilog Z80

• ABC80
• Amstrad CPC 464 and successors 664, 6128
• Amstrad PCW 8256, 8512 and 9512
• Aster CT-80 (Dutch homecomputer that ran TRS-80 and CP/M software)
• BBC Micro (in optional second processor external module added to built-in 6502)
• Bigboard
• Coleco Adam
• Commodore 128 (Z80 as well as 8502 variant of 6502)
• Enterprise 128
• Exidy Sorcerer
• Franklin ACE 1200 (Z80 as well as 6502)
• Galaksija
• Grundy NewBrain
• Jupiter Ace
• Kaypro series portable CP/M computers
• Mattel Aquarius and Aquarius II
• MSX-standard home computers
• Mycron 1000
• Nascom
• Osborne 1
• SAM Coupé (Spectrum comptabile)
• Sharp MZ-700 series (Sharp LH-0080 Z80 clone)
• Sharp MZ-800
• Sinclair ZX80 (NEC 780C-1 Z80 clone)
• Sinclair ZX81
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16/48K, Spectrum+, +128, +2 (Amstrad) and +3 (Amstrad)
• Spectravideo 318, 328 and successors
• Tangerine MICROTAN 65
• Tatung Einstein
• Timex Sinclair 1000 (U.S. version of ZX81)
• Timex Sinclair 1500 (U.S. improved ZX81)
• Timex Computers 2048 (slightly improved ZX Spectrum)
• Timex Sinclair 2068 (U.S. improved ZX Spectrum)
• Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I, II, III, IV, 4D, 4P, and clones such as the Dick Smith System 80 and the TRZ-80
• Tiki 100
• Xerox 820

Motorola 6809

• Commodore SuperPET (6809 as well as 6502)
• TRS-80 Color Computer 1 and 2 (aka CoCo 1, 2) (6809E)
• TRS-80 Color Computer 3 (68B09E)
• Dragon 32/64 (European CoCo clones)

Home computers using 16-bit processors

Intel 8088

• IBM PCjr

Intel 80186

• BBC Master 512 (in addition to 65C02 main processor)

K1801WM1

• Electronics BK-0010

Motorola 68000

• Atari ST
• Commodore Amiga
• Sinclair QL (68008)
• Apple Macintosh

National Semiconductor NS32016

• BBC Micro (in optional second processor external module added to built-in 6502)

Texas Instruments TMS9900

• Texas Instruments TI-99/4
• Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
• Tomy Tutor aka Grandstand Tutor (TMS9995)

Western Design Center 65C816

• Apple IIGS
• Commodore 64 and C128 with external third-party CMD SuperCPU accelerator