4 May
2002
4 May
'02
9:36 p.m.
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