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===Dasher terminals===
[[Image:MNACTEC keyboards (31123543335).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Dasher D400 keyboard]]
Data General produced a full range of peripherals, sometimes by [[rebadging]] printers for example, but Data General's own series of [[Computer terminal#Popular VDUs|CRT-based]] and hard-copy terminals were high quality and featured a generous number of function keys, each with the ability to send different codes, with any combination of control and shift keys, which influenced [[WordPerfect]] design.  The model 6053 Dasher 2 featured an easily tilted screen, but used many [[integrated circuit]]s; the smaller, lighter D100, D200 and eventually the D210 replaced it as the basic user terminal, while graphics models such as the D460 (with [[ANSI X3.64]] compatibility) occupied the very high end of the range. Terminal emulators for the D2/D3/D100/D200/D210 (and some features of the D450/460) do exist, including the Freeware 1993 DOS program in D460.zip.

Most Data General software was written specifically for their own terminals (or the terminal emulation built into the Desktop Generation DG10, but the [[Data General One]] built-in terminal emulator is not often suitable), although software using [[Data General Business Basic|Data General Business BASIC]] could be more flexible in terminal handling, because logging into a Business BASIC system would initiate a process whereby the terminal type would (usually) be auto-detected.