Summary
TeleVideo Corporation was a U.S. company that achieved its peak of success in the early 1980s producing computer terminals. TeleVideo was founded in 1975 by K. Philip Hwang, a Utah State University, Hanyang University graduate born in North Korea[1] who had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade games since 1975. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California.
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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founder | K. Philip Hwang |
| Fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006; disestablished in 2011 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Terminals, Graphic boards for Terminals, TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802, TS-803, TS-804, TeleVideo TS-1603, TeleVideo TPC-1, TeleVideo TS-806, TS-816 |
| Website | www |
TeleVideo's terminal protocol was popular in the early days of microcomputers and was widely supported by applications as well as terminal emulators (often referred to as "TeleVideo 925 emulation").[3]
TeleVideo also built CP/M-compatible 8-bit desktop and portable personal computers based on the Z80 processor. Up to sixteen of these machines could be connected to proprietary multi-user systems through serial interfaces.[4] In April 1983, TeleVideo introduced an MS-DOS 2.0-compatible personal computer based on the Intel 8088. This was introduced as the Model TS-1603 and included 128 KB RAM (expandable up to 256 KB), integrated monitor, modem and keyboard. The Model TS-1603 ran both TeleVideo PC DOS 2.0 and CP/M-86 1.1.
The company later turned to manufacturing Windows-compatible thin client computers,[5] but eventually sold this business line to Neoware in October 2005.[6] The latter was subsequently taken over by Hewlett-Packard in 2007.[7]
On March 14, 2006, TeleVideo, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.[8][9]
After more than 35 years in business and with millions of terminals sold worldwide, TeleVideo discontinued the manufacturing and sales of all terminal products as of September 30, 2011.[10]
Products edit
- Terminals:[11] TeleVideo 905, 910, 912, 914, 920, 921, 922, 924, 925, 9320, 935, 950, 955, 965, 970, 990, 995-65, Personal Terminal
- Graphic boards for Terminals: 914GR, 924GR, 970GR
- CP/M systems: TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802,[12] TS-803
- CP/M Plus and MP/M II: TeleVideo TS-804[13] (4 users for MP/M II)
- CP/M-86/MS-DOS systems: TeleVideo TS-1603
- TeleVideo TPC-1, a portable CP/M system similar to the Osborne-1
- Early multi-user systems: TeleVideo TS-806 (6 users), TS-816 (16 users)[14]
- 80286 IBM AT clone TELECAT 286, a small green desktop IBM AT clone with a 6 or 8 MHz 80286 CPU Trademark filing for TELECAT-286 1986[15]
References edit
- ^ USU Alumni newsletter, Feb. 2004 Archived 2009-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Installation and User's Guide, http://vt100.net/televideo/tvi925_ig.pdf
- ^ e.g. Rogue Wave's HostAccess Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Eight bit CP/M-based systems connect into 16-user network". IEEE Computer, Volume 16 Number 2, Pages 88-93. 1983-02-01. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "TeleVideo Releases TeleCLIENT Windows-Based Terminals With Microsoft RDP 5.0". Press release. 2000-09-26. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "TeleVideo, Inc. Announces Sale of Thin Client Business to Neoware Systems, Inc". Press release. 2005-10-07. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "HP Closes Neoware Acquisition". HP Newsroom. HP. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "TELEVIDEO INC, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 15, 2006". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "TeleVideo Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Home". televideo.com.
- ^ "Category:TeleVideo - Terminals".
- ^ http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=610
- ^ TeleVideo TS-804 User's Manual. 30 Jan 1984. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ www.vintagecomputer.net/televideo/ts-816/
- ^ "TELECAT-286 Trademark of TELEVIDEO SYSTEMS, INC. Serial Number: 73604762 :: Trademarkia Trademarks".
External links edit
- Official website (mostly defunct)
- TS-802 CP/M personal computer
- Marcus Bennett's TeleVideo Documentation resource
- History of Televideo founders
- Background on TS-1603 All In One Computer
- Terminals Wiki