The Microsystems International Limited MF8008 based Modular Microcomputer – the MIL Mod8 / Mod80
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:
- MIL MF8080 in MOD 80-1 PCB branded close-up2
- MIL MF8080 in MOD80-1 PCB branded close-up
- MIL MF8080 in MOD80-1 PCB unbranded close-up
- MIL MF8008 close-up slight angle
- MIL MF8008 close-up
- MIL MF8008 in MOD8-1 close-up2
- MIL MF8008 in MOD8-1 close-up
- MIL MF2102 close-up slight angle
- MIL MF2102 close-up
- MIL MF1103 close-up2
- MIL MF1103 close-up
- MIL MF1103 close-up at slight angle
- MIL MF1702 close-up in anti-static shipping holder
- MIL MF1702’s in shipping box
- MIL MD6150 in MOD8-1 close-up
- MIL 380204-10 close-up
- MF1404AS close-up
- MIL plastic packing bag
- MIL Message Pad