M80 M90 Same deck?

[Vintage Man]

Curious if the M80 deck can be put in the M90.

 

[Scotty_M]

I thought they were the same.

Scott

 

[DSMing91]

I'd like to know as well. Any truth to this?

 

[Ghettoboom767]

The M-90 I believe has different circuitry as it has a 5 program search and the M-80 has no program search..
Now the M-60 and M-80 seem to have the same deck.
BUT: I've seen 2 different M-60 designed decks and yes they were both JW's!
So M-60 has 2 different types of decks just in the M-60JW.
The difference was in the circui board that's on the deck.
I wonder if anyone else has come across this.

 

[Ghettoboom767]

In other words I couldn't swap decks from the 2 differently designed M-60JW decks! Worked in the original but not the other.

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

The JVC PC-5 has a very similar deck to the M90.