The following figure shows the complete system configuration for the MZ-5500 Series
system, including some peripheral devices.

1. High data processing capability achieved with a 16-bit microprocessor.
2. Large addressable memory space of 512KB: Standard 256KB plus an additional 256KB.
3. High resolution color graphic display with large-capacity video screen memory and bit-map display.
4. One or two mini-floppy disk drives, each of 320KB are provided as a standard feature.
5. Powerful standard I/O system interface.
6. Integrated sound generator.
7. CP/M86 as the standard operating system.

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