<s>
The	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
is	O
a	O
home	O
computer	O
launched	O
by	O
Sord	O
Computer	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Primarily	O
the	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
competed	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
sold	O
as	O
the	O
CGL	B-Device
M5	I-Device
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
by	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Limited	O
and	O
was	O
reasonably	O
popular	O
in	O
Czechoslovakia	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
M5	O
stood	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
affordable	O
computers	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
are	O
relatively	O
small	O
by	O
home	O
computing	O
standards	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
keyboard	B-Device
with	O
rubber	O
keys	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
sold	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
itself	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
Norway	O
,	O
Denmark	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Greece	O
,	O
Israel	O
and	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
as	O
the	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
Creative	O
Computer	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
carrying	O
case	O
for	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specifications	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
are	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
computer	O
that	O
likely	O
forced	O
the	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
(	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
similar	O
Japanese	O
computers	O
)	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
by	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CGL	B-Device
M5	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
with	O
an	O
introductory	O
price	O
of	O
£195	O
,	O
higher	O
than	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
competitors	O
including	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
VIC-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
the	O
M5	O
contained	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
slot	O
in	O
an	O
age	O
where	O
most	O
computers	O
were	O
using	O
compact	B-Device
cassettes	I-Device
or	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
,	O
the	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
built-in	O
RAM	O
led	O
to	O
few	O
games	O
being	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
three	O
electronics	O
companies	O
released	O
different	O
personal	O
computers	O
based	O
on	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FC-150	O
was	O
produced	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
LG	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
released	O
the	O
SPC-500	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
TommyCom	O
was	O
manufactured	O
and	O
launched	O
by	O
Koryo	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
computers	O
supported	O
the	O
Korean	O
alphabet	O
,	O
Hangul	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
specifications	O
of	O
these	O
computers	O
were	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
M5	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
had	O
differently	O
shaped	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
slots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartridges	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
Sord	B-Device
M5	I-Device
or	O
other	O
manufacturers	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
these	O
computers	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
