3 May
2002
3 May
'02
5:50 p.m.
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
3 May
3 May
9:06 p.m.
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
Aparently so, but the TS-806 was a Z80 version also, with support for up
to 6 terminals on RS-422 (if the TS-806 is the system I took apart). I
remember it worked like a boot-server to TS-800's (or was it TVI-800's?)
as diskless workstations that connected back to the TS-806. It was fairly
cool, I always liked the shape of the things and the keyboards for some
reason... perhaps becuse it was the first 'multiuser' system I got to
see. I'm still amazed at how one could run 6 user sessions off a
processor that lacked 'protection' between tasks. I guess code was just
better written back then (no major MicroSoft apps to screw the system
up :).
After realizing that the 816 was an 8088 box, I'm a bit less interested in
it...
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'.
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.
Cool. I'm pretty sure the TS-806 and TS/TVI-800's were text-only, but if
the text-mode software still is compatible, that'd be awesome.
-- Pat
9:58 p.m.
The TS-806 wasn't a multi-user system, per se. It had up to 6 attached
TS-800A's, which had their own Z-80s, memory, and video circuitry. The
TS-806 was basically a file server and comm-hub. Depending on what O/S you
were running (there were at least 2, and possible 3), you could lock files,
perform inter-terminal communications via mailboxes on the TS-806, etc. At
least one of the companies that produced an OS for it was based in Atlanta,
GA, in the basement of a photography store. I spent a lot of time debugging
for them.
I believe the TS-816 was still Z-80 based, but had 16 ports instead of 6.
I am not positive about this, as I never had one.
I used to write medical software (patient care plans, accounts receivable,
mailing lists, etc) on these beasts, using Microsoft compiled BASIC.
The TS-800As are the same form factor as the TVI-900/TVI-950. They do have
nice keyboards, some of the better ones, at the time. Although in my book,
nothing compares to the Cherry keyboard that was on the SOL-20. Oh, how I
covet a SOL-20 at a reasonable price...
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pat Finnegan
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 2:07 AM
To: ClassicCmp List
Subject: RE: "Televideo Systems"
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
Aparently so, but the TS-806 was a Z80 version also, with support for up
to 6 terminals on RS-422 (if the TS-806 is the system I took apart). I
remember it worked like a boot-server to TS-800's (or was it TVI-800's?)
as diskless workstations that connected back to the TS-806. It was fairly
cool, I always liked the shape of the things and the keyboards for some
reason... perhaps becuse it was the first 'multiuser' system I got to
see. I'm still amazed at how one could run 6 user sessions off a
processor that lacked 'protection' between tasks. I guess code was just
better written back then (no major MicroSoft apps to screw the system
up :).
After realizing that the 816 was an 8088 box, I'm a bit less interested in
it...
> 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'.
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.
Cool. I'm pretty sure the TS-806 and TS/TVI-800's were text-only, but if
the text-mode software still is compatible, that'd be awesome.
-- Pat
4 May
4 May
5:54 p.m.
You're right ... it was the server.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Chris Wren" <jcwren(a)jcwren.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:58 AM
Subject: RE: "Televideo Systems"
The TS-806 wasn't a multi-user system, per se. It
had up to 6 attached
TS-800A's, which had their own Z-80s, memory, and video circuitry. The
TS-806 was basically a file server and comm-hub. Depending on what O/S you
were running (there were at least 2, and possible 3), you could lock files,
perform inter-terminal communications via mailboxes on the TS-806, etc. At
least one of the companies that produced an OS for it was based in Atlanta,
GA, in the basement of a photography store. I spent a lot of time debugging
for them.
I believe the TS-816 was still Z-80 based, but had 16 ports instead of 6.
I am not positive about this, as I never had one.
I used to write medical software (patient care plans, accounts receivable,
mailing lists, etc) on these beasts, using Microsoft compiled BASIC.
The TS-800As are the same form factor as the TVI-900/TVI-950. They do have
nice keyboards, some of the better ones, at the time. Although in my book,
nothing compares to the Cherry keyboard that was on the SOL-20. Oh, how I
covet a SOL-20 at a reasonable price...
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pat Finnegan
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 2:07 AM
To: ClassicCmp List
Subject: RE: "Televideo Systems"
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
Aparently so, but the TS-806 was a Z80 version also, with support for up
to 6 terminals on RS-422 (if the TS-806 is the system I took apart). I
remember it worked like a boot-server to TS-800's (or was it TVI-800's?)
as diskless workstations that connected back to the TS-806. It was fairly
cool, I always liked the shape of the things and the keyboards for some
reason... perhaps becuse it was the first 'multiuser' system I got to
see. I'm still amazed at how one could run 6 user sessions off a
processor that lacked 'protection' between tasks. I guess code was just
better written back then (no major MicroSoft apps to screw the system
up :).
After realizing that the 816 was an 8088 box, I'm a bit less interested in
it...
> 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'.
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.
Cool. I'm pretty sure the TS-806 and TS/TVI-800's were text-only, but if
the text-mode software still is compatible, that'd be awesome.
-- Pat
1:07 p.m.
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
> > 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'.
>
> Wasn't the 816 the 8086/8088 version? The TS-803 had a Z-80.
No, it is a Z-80 box but with 123k of RAM.
- don
Aparently so, but the TS-806 was a Z80 version also,
with support for up
to 6 terminals on RS-422 (if the TS-806 is the system I took apart). I
remember it worked like a boot-server to TS-800's (or was it TVI-800's?)
as diskless workstations that connected back to the TS-806. It was fairly
cool, I always liked the shape of the things and the keyboards for some
reason... perhaps becuse it was the first 'multiuser' system I got to
see. I'm still amazed at how one could run 6 user sessions off a
processor that lacked 'protection' between tasks. I guess code was just
better written back then (no major MicroSoft apps to screw the system
up :).
After realizing that the 816 was an 8088 box, I'm a bit less interested in
it...
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.
Cool. I'm pretty sure the TS-806 and TS/TVI-800's were text-only, but if
the text-mode software still is compatible, that'd be awesome.
-- Pat
5:36 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
6:18 p.m.
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
>
>
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