{{Short description, Historical computer terminal model The Micro-Term ERGO-201 is a

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produced in 1983 as part of the ERGO series of computers manufactured by Micro-Term Incorporated, located in St. Louis, MO. It consists of a monitor and a keyboard. The monitor contains the motherboard with a keyboard, printer, and auxiliary port. The computer runs on a SGS Z8400

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, a clone of the

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CPU The Micro-Term Ergo Series can emulate a variety of terminals but the most common terminal emulation is

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References

*https://www.iana.org/assignments/terminal-type-names *https://web.archive.org/web/20070507123912/http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/faculty/wfw/CLASSES/ASTR680/utexas.unix_beyond.html * Motherboard image Character-oriented terminal

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