"Televideo Systems"

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Sat May 4 22:18:50 2002

Actually, I worked at Televideo some short time after that,
they then had an x86 box that ran a form of novell netware
V1.x, 8 to 16 (x86/cga/optional 20mb hd) workstations
attached via the same rs422. With a boot eprom on the
422 card you could even have a diskless workstation.

They had a built in datacassette tape drive for backup.

A later (with netware 2.x) version let you link server
boxes over omni-net.

I think they called the server a "Personal Mini"


Richard Erlacher wrote:

> The '806 used a Z80A. The ones I've got ran CP/M 2.2, though that wasnt' the
> target OS. They wanted to run mmm...mmmost, or whatever it was with the
> correct number of 'm's on it. That was an OS that worked somewhat like MP/M,
> with the exception that it didn't attempt to run the user's applications. It
> just served the files.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
> To: "ClassicCmp List" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:50 PM
> Subject: RE: "Televideo Systems"
>
>
>
>>> 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 Sat May 04 2002 - 22:18:50 BST