<s>
Several	O
models	O
were	O
available	O
with	O
48	O
kB	O
,	O
96	O
kB	O
or	O
128	O
kB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
reach	O
192	O
kB	O
with	O
RAM	B-Architecture
expansions	O
on	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
was	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
Z80A	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
clocked	O
at	O
4	O
MHz	O
(	O
6MHz	O
for	O
the	O
128/192	O
kB	O
models	O
)	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
6845	I-General_Concept
as	O
video	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
CP/M	B-Application
with	O
the	O
optional	O
5.25	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	O
disk-drive	O
on	O
the	O
96	O
kB	O
and	O
128	O
kB	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Oric	B-Device
1	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
fairly	O
highly	O
priced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Camputers	B-Device
rebranded	O
and	O
relaunched	O
each	O
machine	O
on	O
several	O
occasions	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
48k	O
machine	O
renamed	O
the	O
Leisure	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
128k	O
machine	O
renamed	O
as	O
the	O
Laureate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
had	O
very	O
little	O
software	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
survived	O
only	O
until	O
Camputers	B-Device
ceased	O
trading	O
in	O
June	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
believed	O
that	O
approximately	O
30,000	O
Camputers	B-Device
Lynx	I-Device
units	O
were	O
sold	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
a	O
few	O
bytes	B-Application
of	O
graphic	O
memory	O
could	O
be	O
manipulated	O
during	O
the	O
horizontal	O
sync	O
period	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
graphics	O
were	O
extremely	O
slow	O
compared	O
to	O
most	O
other	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
192	O
kB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
20	O
kB	O
of	O
ROM	O
(	O
16	O
kB	O
on	O
the	O
smallest	O
model	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
16	O
bit	O
address	O
bus	O
was	O
implemented	O
using	O
special	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
,	O
certain	O
RAM	B-Architecture
areas	O
shadowed	O
by	O
ROM	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
data	O
storage	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
memory	O
had	O
a	O
green	O
and	O
alternative	O
green	O
bank	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
switched	O
by	O
a	O
hardware	O
register	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
seeing	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
Camputers	B-Device
Lynx	I-Device
at	O
the	O
Personal	O
Computer	O
World	O
Show	O
,	O
BYTE	B-Application
in	O
January	O
1983	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
offers	O
more	O
computing	O
power	O
for	O
the	O
money	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
machine	O
I	O
saw	O
there	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
