"Televideo Systems"

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Fri May 3 21:50:04 2002

> Just pinging out there... I was wondering if anyone had a Televideo TS 806
> or TS 816 they would be willing to give to a 'good home'. I have a bit of
> an attachment/longing for one, it was that computer at my Dad's office
> (he's an Optometrist) that I never got to play with until it broke and
> (since I was rather young at the time) I took it apart. The pieces have
> since been tossed by my parents in the interest of 'cleaning up'.
>
> I'm just curious if there's any still out there right now - I'd be
> interested in just seeing pictures even... a nonworking or working system
> would be pretty cool.

Wasn't the 816 the 8086/8088 version? The TS-803 had a Z-80.

We had 25 of the TS-803 at RETS, and I've been haggling
for the only one I know is left from the guy who has it,
so far, to no avail. I have manuals and lots of software
for it, including TELE-WRITE and TELE-DRAW. We had a
MouseSystems optical mouse on ours that worked with TELE-DRAW.

These were nice CP/M machines. I was really comfortable
using them, except the keyboards were *very* springy.

-dq
Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 21:50:04 BST