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My MZ-80K machines 

MZ-80K with a self-made MZ-80I/O box
MZ-80K with a self-made MZ-80I/O box
I have two MZ-80Ks (pictures of the 2nd will follow). The first one shown above came out of an Ebay auction in 2002 and is not in a very good optical condition. But, it works well and has a self-made I/O box.

The self-made I/O box
The self-made I/O box
The I/O box was self-made by a German Radio Amateur, I assume, and contains a self-made modem, a printer interface card, a floppy disk controller, a 5.25" floppy drive (not working), and a self made power supply. Coz of the not working inbuilt floppy drive I use an external drive.

MZ-80K front view
MZ-80K front view
It has a reset switch at its left side and the power switch is at the right side, coz the original switch at the rear is broken. A speed switch at the top lets me select 2MHz or 4MHz of CPU speed. A yellow LED indicates the 4 MHz mode.

MZ-80K rear view
MZ-80K rear view

MZ-80K opened


The MZ-80K is deeply modified. It has a reset switch at the left side, a switch for setting the speed from 2MHz to 4MHz, and an 80-columns interface which enables me to run CP/M versions.

More pictures of both machines will follow.

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last updated May 2, 2004
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