MikroMikko was a

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line of

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s released by

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's computer division

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from 1981 through 1987. MikroMikko was Nokia Data's attempt to enter the business computer market. They were especially designed for good

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History

The first model in the line, MikroMikko 1, was released on 29 September 1981, 48 days after IBM introduced its

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. The launch date of MikroMikko 1 is the

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of Mikko in the Finnish almanac. The MikroMikko line was manufactured in a factory in the Kilo district of

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, Finland, where computers had been produced since the 1960s. Nokia later bought the computer division of the Swedish telecommunications company

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. During Finland's economic depression in the early 1990s, Nokia streamlined many of its operations and sold many of its less profitable divisions to concentrate on its key competence of

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. Nokia's personal computer division was sold to the British computer company ICL (International Computers Limited) in 1991, which later became part of

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. However, ICL and later Fujitsu retained the MikroMikko trademark in Finland. Internationally the MikroMikko line was marketed by Fujitsu under the trademark ErgoPro. Fujitsu later transferred its personal computer operations to

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, which shut down its only factory in Espoo at the end of March 2000, thus ending large-scale PC manufacturing in the country.

Models

MikroMikko 1 M6

* Processor:

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, 2 MHz * 64 KB RAM, 4 KB ROM * Display: 80×24 character text mode, the 25th row was used as a status row. Graphics resolutions 160×75 and 800×375 pixels, refresh rate 50 Hz * Two 640 KB 5.25" floppy drives (other models might only have one drive) * Optional 5 MB hard disk (stock in model M7) * Connectors: two

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s, display, printer, keyboard * Software: Nokia

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2.2 operating system,

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, editor, assembler and debugger * Cost: 30,000 mk in 1984

MikroMikko 2

* Released in 1983 * Processor:

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* Partly

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compatible, used Nokia's own version of MS-DOS 2.x

MikroMikko 3

* Released in 1986 * PC/AT compatible * Processor: 6 or 8 MHz

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* Hercules monitor * Six extension card slots * Mouse * Cost: 47,950 mk

MikroMikko 3 TT

* Team workstation, released in spring 1987 * Processor: 8 MHz

* 1 MB RAM * Two extension card slots * One or two 3.5" 720 KB floppy drives * Optional 20 MB hard disk * MS-DOS 3.2 operating system * Cost: with one floppy drive 21,500 mk, two drives 23,000 mk, one floppy drive and 20 MB hard disk 25,900 mk

MikroMikko 3 TT M125

* Processor: 33 MHz Intel 80386DX * 4 MB RAM * 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive * 40 MB hard disk * Connectors: display, keyboard, mouse,

serial port, Centronics printer port * Software:

5.0 operating system

Laptop computers

* MikroMikko 4m310 * MikroMikko N3/25x

Tiimi workgroup system

The "Tiimi" workgroup system was a

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consisting of MikroMikko

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s and servers, popular in the late 1980s. The servers were MPS-10s or MikroMikko models 2 and 3. The workstations were MikroMikko 3TT and PääteMikko computers. At least SQL/ DMS database software and NOSS document manager software was available.

References

External links

Old-Computers.com – MikroMikko page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mikromikko Nokia Desktop computers Home computers Computer-related introductions in 1981