page_title: List of home computers by video hardware
hierarchical_section_title: List of home computers by video hardware
caption_attribution_description: English: Children playing Amstrad CPC464 computer. Data and programs were input with the built-in tape reader on the right of the keyboard. The game on screen is Paperboy. Suomi: Lapsia pelaamassa Amstrad CPC464 -tietokonetta. Русский: Дети, играющие на Amstrad CPC464. В правой части блока процессора и клавиатуры — встроенный кассетный магнитофон для ввода программ и данных. На экране — игра Paperboy.
context_page_description: This is a list of home computers, sorted alphanumerically, which lists all relevant details of their video hardware.
  A home computer was the description of the second generation of desktop computers, entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. A decade later they were generally replaced by IBM PC compatible "PCs", although in actuality home computers are also members of the class known as personal computers.
  Examples of typical early home computers are the TRS-80, Atari 400/800, BBC Micro, the ZX Spectrum, the MSX 1, the Amstrad CPC 464 and the Commodore 64. Examples of typical late home computers are MSX 2 systems, and the Amiga and Atari ST systems.
  Note: in cases of manufacturers who have made both home and personal computers, only machines fitting into the home computer category are listed. Systems in the personal computer category, except for Early Macintosh personal computers, are generally all based on the VGA standard, and use a video chip known as a Graphics processing unit. Although very early PCs used one of the much simpler video display controller cards, using standards such as the MDA, Hercules Graphics Card, CGA and EGA standard.
context_section_description: This is a list of home computers, sorted alphanumerically, which lists all relevant details of their video hardware.
  A home computer  was the description of the second generation of desktop computers, entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. A decade later they were generally replaced by IBM PC compatible "PCs", although in actuality home computers are also members of the class known as personal computers.
  Examples of typical early home computers are the TRS-80, Atari 400/800, BBC Micro, the ZX Spectrum, the MSX 1, the Amstrad CPC 464 and the Commodore 64. Examples of typical late home computers are MSX 2 systems, and the Amiga and Atari ST systems.
  Note: in cases of manufacturers who have made both home and personal computers, only machines fitting into the home computer category are listed. Systems in the personal computer category, except for Early Macintosh personal computers, are generally all based on the VGA standard, and use a video chip known as a Graphics processing unit. Although very early PCs used one of the much simpler (even compared to most home computer video hardware) video display controller cards, using standards such as the MDA, Hercules Graphics Card, CGA and EGA standard). Only after the introduction of the VGA standard could PCs really compete with the home computers of the same era, such as the Amiga and Atari ST, or even with the MSX-2. Also not listed are systems that are typically only gaming systems, like the Atari 2600 and the Bally Astrocade, even though these systems could sometimes be upgraded to resemble a home computer.
caption: The Amstrad CPC 464 was a typical home computer of the 1980s. The game displayed is 1985s Paperboy.
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