The Microsystems International Limited MF8008 based Modular Microcomputer – the MIL Mod8 / Mod80

by admin · July 6, 2019

Here are pictures of the Microsystems International Limited MF8008 based Modular Microcomputer known as the MOD 8. These boards were put together with original MIL chips where available.

: MOD 8-1 8008 CPU board front with MF8008

: MOD 8-1 CPU board rear

: MOD 8-2 Restart and TTY I/O board front

: MOD 8-2 Restart and TTY I/O board rear

: MOD 8-3 Control Buffer board front

: MOD 8-3 Control Buffer board rear

: MOD 8-4 ROM board front

: MOD 8-4 ROM board rear

: MOD 8-5 RAM board front

: MOD 8-5 RAM board rear

: MOD 8-6 Input board front

: MOD 8-6 Input board rear

: MOD 8-7 Output board front

: MOD 8-7 Output board rear

: MOD 8-8 Backplane/Programmer board front

: MOD 8-8 Backplane/Programmer board rear

: MOD8-4 unpopulated board front

: MOD8-4 unpopulated board rear

: MOD 8-5 unpopulated board rear

: MOD 8-5 unpopulated front

Here are additional boards to convert a MIL Mod 8 to a MIL Mod 80 modular computer complete with MF8080RX CPUs. These CPUs were also second-source for Intels C8080 CPU chip.

: MOD 80-1 8080 CPU board front with branded MF8080RX

: MOD 80-1 8080 CPU board front with branded MF8080RX

: MOD 80-1 8080 CPU board rear

As one can see, these boards were hand assembled by the owner who would purchase the cards and components and put them together. Here are some blank boards:

: MOD8-4 unpopulated board front

: MOD8-4 unpopulated board rear

: MOD 8-5 unpopulated front

: MOD 8-5 unpopulated board rear

Microsystems International Limited (MIL) being a chip manufacturer second sourced a number of integrated circuits via an agreement with Intel Below are some of the chips that were produced: