The SORD M68 has two buses: a 16-bit bus (with 3 slots) and a 8-bit bus (the S100 bus with two slots). Two models: The M68 Mark IV with two 5.25" floppy disk drives (1.2 Mb each) and the M68 Mark V with 8" floppy disk drives (1.2 Mb). From one to four hard disks can be connected: 8 MB (5.25" disk) or 20 MB (8" disk).
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NAME
M 68 / M 68 MX
MANUFACTURER
Sord
TYPE
Home Computer
ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR
1982
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
Unknown
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad
CPU
Zilog Z80 A - Motorola MC68000
SPEED
4 MHz (Z80) - 10 MHz (68000)
CO-PROCESSOR
APU AM9511 4 MHz (numeric processor)
RAM
256 KB (up to 1 MB)
VRAM
Unknown
ROM
Unknown
TEXT MODES
80 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES
640 x 500
COLORS
16
SOUND
Unknown
I/O PORTS
RS232 (2), Centronics; IEEE 488, Floppy Disk, DMA Hard Disk, Light Pen, 16 bit slots (3), Bus S100
BUILT IN MEDIA
Change according the model ( 2 x 5.25' FDD or 1 x 5.25' FDD + 20 MB HDD )
OS
CP/M 68K, OS Sord (8 bit Sord Operating System) or SB80 (compatible CP/M)