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(a)acm.org>
To: "ClassicCmp List" <classiccmp(a)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
>
>