Hi All.
sorry about the quoting - only just re-enabled emails from the list;
pasting this out of the web archive:
Back in October Kelly Leavitt wrote:
>>In July of 1983 Tandy announced the "Tandy
Videotex and Office
Information System" that ran under Xenix. It was an early
attempt at a
hypertext system. It used dialup lines and was hosted on Tandy Model 16b
(and later 6000) computers.
An 8 port and 16 port multiplexor (that's how they spelled it) were
announced. I don't know if either ever shipped.
There is some information available in the July 25, 1983 issue of
InfoWorld. There is also an article in "TRS-80 Microcomputer News" V5,I
11 (#54 ).
I used to run one of these for a local company (that I still work for).
Does anyone have the manuals or software from one of these systems? I
still have the hardware (not the mux, just the 16b and hard drive).
Kelly
<<<<
One of my standard searches on eBay brought up item 270408833511
"Tandy TRS-80 - Model 2000 - Videotex Plus (1983)"
Looks like a complete set - manual in binder and software diskette.
I'veNo connection to seller, etc..
I'm now firmly into collecting Prestel/Videdata/Videotex hardware and
software, which is fairly easy on the pocket as not much exists, and
nobody else seams interested in it. This one is borderline, but way
too expensive for me! oh, I also run
www.videdata.org.uk. (Hi Tony!)
Rob.