On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
> Its a Televideo 1603. What's interesting about this system for one thing
> is that it was made by Televideo, whom I thought only made terminals. It
> has two 5.25" floppies integrated with a green monochrome monitor on a
> swivel armature and a detached keyboard. On the back are two DB-25 serial
> ports, a D-type connector RS-422 port, a telephone jack for a mouse (which
> I didn't get), and two dipswitch blocks. Inside it has an 8088 and a
> 6502! I was talking to Doug Coward tonight about it and he suggested that
> the 6502 was for the terminal operation, and the 8088 was actually the
> main processor. This makes sense, but I was wondering if anyone knew more
> about it.
>
I may have some software for it... but it's not handy right now (stored
away) - drop me a note if you need it (I'd bet that it is an old ms-dos
or cp/m set, but it might have some unique televideo bits to it.
> WAITING FOR HARD DISK.....
>
> on the WD controller chip. I think perhaps the RS-422 port is where
> you'd hook the hard drive to.
Really? Seems more like a balanced line serial port (I have a dim
recollection that 422 and 423 are the same, and 423 definitely is
balanced rs-232, unless I'm completely off).
-stacy
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Stacy C. Morang, Communications Specialist
Education Network of Maine
scm_at_access.enm.maine.edu, smorang_at_enm.maine.edu
So long, and keep your stick on the ice.
Received on Sat Aug 02 1997 - 20:08:13 BST