Alpha Micro AM-62A

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This 7-bit monochrome field terminal was designed by Ampex as a replacement for the older AM-60 terminal. The AM-60 was the first terminal officially from Alpha Micro. It contained special firmware for Alpha Micro compatible operation, such as:

•	132 column support

•	Box drawing and fill

•	Box scroll

The ZTERM 2000 emulation of the AM-62A adds a number of special features not present on the real terminal:

•	8-bit character support

•	Enhanced box commands

•	Mouse position reporting

•	ZTERM 2000 specific commands

•	Ability to redefine background and foreground colors