TeleVideo

TeleVideo Corporation

Type| Corporation
Industry| Computer hardware
Fate| Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006; disestablished in 2011
Founded| 1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Founder| K. Philip Hwang
Headquarters|

San Jose, California

United States

Products| Terminals, Graphic boards for Terminals, TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802, TS-803, TS-804, TeleVideo TS-1603, TeleVideo TPC-1, TeleVideo TS-806, TS-816

TeleVideo Corporation was a U.S. company that achieved its peak of success in the early 1980s producing computer terminals. TeleVideo was founded in 1975 by K. Philip Hwang, a Utah State University, Hanyang University graduate born in North Korea[1] who closed a successful 7-Eleven franchise he and his wife had run, and invested $9000 in savings in the new company.[2] Hwang had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade games since 1975. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California.

A TeleVideo terminal model 925 made around 1982[3]

TeleVideo's terminal protocol was popular in the early days of microcomputers and was widely supported by applications as well as terminal emulators (often referred to as "TeleVideo 925 emulation").[4]

TeleVideo also built CP/M-compatible 8-bit desktop and portable personal computers based on the Z80 processor.[2] Up to sixteen of these machines could be connected to proprietary multi-user systems through serial interfaces.[5] After 1982 sales of $98.5 million, the company had an initial public offering in March 1983, valuing Hwang's shares in the company at $500 million.[6] In April 1983, TeleVideo introduced an MS-DOS 2.0-compatible personal computer based on the Intel 8088. This was introduced as the Model TS-1603 and included 128 KB RAM (expandable up to 256 KB), integrated monitor, modem and keyboard. The Model TS-1603 ran both TeleVideo PC DOS 2.0 and CP/M-86 1.1.

The company later turned to manufacturing Windows-compatible thin client computers,[7] but eventually sold this business line to Neoware in October 2005.[8] The latter was subsequently taken over by Hewlett-Packard in 2007.[9]

On March 14, 2006, TeleVideo, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.[10][11] The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy once more in June 2008.[12]

After more than 35 years in business and with millions of terminals sold worldwide, TeleVideo discontinued the manufacturing and sales of all terminal products as of September 30, 2011.[13]

A TeleVideo 965 terminal

## Products

Televideo 912C

* Terminals:[14] TeleVideo 905, 910, 912, 914, 920, 921, 922, 924, 925, 9320, 935, 950, 955, 965, 970, 990, 995-65, Personal Terminal
* Graphic boards for Terminals: 914GR, 924GR, 970GR
* CP/M systems: TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802,[15] TS-803
* CP/M Plus and MP/M II: TeleVideo TS-804[16] (4 users for MP/M II)
* CP/M-86/MS-DOS systems: TeleVideo TS-1603
* TeleVideo TPC-1, a portable CP/M system similar to the Osborne-1
* Early multi-user systems: TeleVideo TS-806 (6 users), TS-816 (16 users)[17]
* 80286 IBM AT clone TELECAT 286, a small green desktop IBM AT clone with a 6 or 8 MHz 80286 CPU Trademark filing for TELECAT-286 1986[18]

Televideo TeleCAT-286 computer

## References

1. ↑ USU Alumni newsletter, Feb. 2004
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hogan, Thom (1981-06-22). "TeleVideo Sets Sights on Small-Computer Market". InfoWorld: 1. https://books.google.com/books?id=yD0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
3. ↑ Installation and User's Guide, http://vt100.net/televideo/tvi925_ig.pdf
4. ↑ e.g. Rogue Wave's HostAccess
5. ↑ "Eight bit CP/M-based systems connect into 16-user network.". IEEE Computer, Volume 16 Number 2, Pages 88-93. 1983-02-01. https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000131595/. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
6. ↑ Blumstein, Michael (1983-12-27). "RIGHT TIME FOR GOING PUBLIC" (in en-US). The New York Times: D1. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/27/business/right-time-for-going-public.html.
7. ↑ "TeleVideo Releases TeleCLIENT Windows-Based Terminals With Microsoft RDP 5.0". Press release. 2000-09-26. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TeleVideo+Releases+TeleCLIENT+Windows-Based+Terminals+With+Microsoft...-a065475801. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
8. ↑ "TeleVideo, Inc. Announces Sale of Thin Client Business to Neoware Systems, Inc.". Press release. 2005-10-07. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132722/http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/264433/televideo_inc_announces_sale_of_thin_client_business_to_neoware/. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
9. ↑ "HP Closes Neoware Acquisition". HP Newsroom (HP). 2007-10-01. http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071001xa.html. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
10. ↑ "TELEVIDEO INC, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 15, 2006". secdatabase.com. http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1670/110465906016916/filing-main.htm. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
11. ↑ "TeleVideo Chapter 11 Petition". https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/4DMPTTY/TeleVideo_Inc__debke-06-10242__0001.0.pdf. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
12. ↑ Fitzgerald, Patrick (June 18, 2008). "TeleVideo Inc. Files For Ch. 11 Bankruptcy In Delaware" (in en). https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFDBS0020080618e23g000bi?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfwSeRP4ZECQTgAvWTm6FD5--QUx9FY4szWLnJ40DbdVNb70IEl7R14w6rkHA==&gaa_ts=6948aa63&gaa_sig=ltjMx4F-WsNXsYfJsGLuCma8u5YDELLN9HZaaAs-SLroBoQ41dvcwbpVDII931ht1BGMUrojV0rxfT9dQLDbIQ==.
13. ↑ "Home". http://www.televideo.com/.
14. ↑ "Category:TeleVideo - Terminals". http://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Category:TeleVideo.
15. ↑ "TS-802 Televideo". http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=610.
16. ↑ TeleVideo TS-804 User's Manual. 30 Jan 1984. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_televideo1oTS804UsersManualJan1984_13589033. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
17. ↑ www.vintagecomputer.net/televideo/ts-816/
18. ↑ "TELECAT-286 Trademark of TELEVIDEO SYSTEMS, INC. Serial Number: 73604762 :: Trademarkia Trademarks". https://trademark.trademarkia.com/telecat286-73604762.html.

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## External links

*   * TS-802 CP/M personal computer
* Marcus Bennett's TeleVideo Documentation resource
* History of Televideo founders
* Background on TS-1603 All In One Computer
* Terminals Wiki

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