Downgrade MAC OS X10.8 Mountain Lion to 10.6 Snow Leopard

Hi all,
I have one iMac Z0m7, and it is installed MAC OS X 10.8 by default. However, for some reason, I need to downgrade Mac OS X 10.8 to 10.6 Snow Leopard. There are any way to do this?
Thanks
Kevin

1. What is iMac Z0m7?
2. What OS did the iMac originally come with?

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