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== Final versions ==

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The final version of the MicroBee, released in 1987, was the 256TC.  This increased the memory to {{nowrap|256 kB}} of [[dynamic RAM]] and had a new keyboard with numeric keypad.  The computer had a built in {{nowrap|3.5" floppy}} disk drive supporting both {{nowrap|800 kB}} (DSDD) and {{nowrap|400 kB}} (SSDD) formats.  Bundled software included "Videotex" (a [[videotex]] terminal program), "Simply Write" (a word processor) and "Telcom" (a serial terminal emulator program).

[[MicroBee Systems]] also designed a [[PC clone]], called the "Matilda", or 640TC, which ran an NEC V40 (see [[NEC V20]] chip), and emulated the MicroBee [[CP/M]] systems in software.

An advanced next generation model code named "Gamma", based on the [[Motorola 68010]] and two [[Zilog Z80]] processors, was designed but never made it to the market.<ref>[https://archive.today/20091025082515/http://uk.geocities.com/peterochocki/computers/1980comp/owenhill.htm  Microbee Systems:WHEN OWEN HILL STOOD STILL] An interview with Owen Hill, founder of Microbee Systems. Published in Your Computer, February 1986.</ref><ref>[http://www.thepcmuseum.com/appliedtechnology/Gamma/default.htm Gamma], Microbee, The As-Yet Unnamed Computer Museum!!</ref>

In 1992, after having undergone a number of ownership changes, the company ceased trading.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About Us / History|url=http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/aboutus.htm|publisher=Microbee Technology Pty Ltd|accessdate=2017-10-20}}</ref>