<s>
Microprofessor	B-Device
III	I-Device
(	O
MPF	B-Device
III	I-Device
)	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
was	O
Multitech	O
's	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Acer	O
)	O
third	O
branded	O
computer	O
product	O
and	O
also	O
(	O
arguably	O
)	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
clones	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
two	O
earlier	O
computers	O
,	O
its	O
design	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
personal	I-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
some	O
additional	O
functions	O
in	O
the	O
ROM	O
and	O
different	O
graphics	O
routines	O
,	O
the	O
MPF	B-Device
III	I-Device
was	O
not	O
totally	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Apple	O
IIe	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
key	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
MPF	B-Device
III	I-Device
in	O
some	O
models	O
was	O
its	O
Chinese	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Chinese-localized	O
BASIC	O
based	O
on	O
Applesoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MPF	B-Device
III	I-Device
included	O
an	O
optional	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
CP/M	B-Application
emulator	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
permitted	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
the	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
processor	O
and	O
run	O
programs	O
developed	O
under	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
different	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
MPF-III	O
brand	O
were	O
the	O
Multitech	O
MPF-III/311	O
in	O
NTSC	O
countries	O
(	O
mainly	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
MPF-III/312	O
in	O
PAL	B-Language
countries	O
(	O
mainly	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
Finland	O
,	O
Italy	O
and	O
Singapore	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
