Televideo
Encyclopedia
TeleVideo Corporation is a U.S.
company that achieved its peak of success in the early 1980s producing computer terminal
s. TeleVideo was founded in 1979 by K. Philip Hwang, a Utah State University
graduate born in North Korea who had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade game
s since 1975. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California
.
TeleVideo's terminal protocol was popular in the early days of microcomputers and was widely supported by applications as well as terminal emulator
s (often referred to as "TeleVideo 925 emulation").
TeleVideo also built CP/M
-compatible 8-bit desktop and portable personal computers based on the Z80 processor. Up to sixteen of these machines could be connected to proprietary multi-user systems through serial interfaces.
In 1983, TeleVideo introduced an MS-DOS
compatible personal computer based on the Intel 8088.
The company later turned to manufacturing Windows
compatible Thin client
computers, but eventually sold this business line to Neoware
in October 2005. The latter was subsequently taken over by Hewlett-Packard
in 2007.
On March 14, 2006, TeleVideo, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company that achieved its peak of success in the early 1980s producing computer terminal
Computer terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system...
s. TeleVideo was founded in 1979 by K. Philip Hwang, a Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
graduate born in North Korea who had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
s since 1975. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
.
Terminal emulator
A terminal emulator, terminal application, term, or tty for short, is a program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture....
s (often referred to as "TeleVideo 925 emulation").
TeleVideo also built CP/M
CP/M
CP/M was a mass-market operating system created for Intel 8080/85 based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc...
-compatible 8-bit desktop and portable personal computers based on the Z80 processor. Up to sixteen of these machines could be connected to proprietary multi-user systems through serial interfaces.
In 1983, TeleVideo introduced an MS-DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
compatible personal computer based on the Intel 8088.
The company later turned to manufacturing Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
compatible Thin client
Thin client
A thin client is a computer or a computer program which depends heavily on some other computer to fulfill its traditional computational roles. This stands in contrast to the traditional fat client, a computer designed to take on these roles by itself...
computers, but eventually sold this business line to Neoware
Neoware
Neoware was a company that manufactured and marketed a type of computer hardware called thin clients.It also developed and marketed enterprise software, thin client appliances, and related services aimed at reducing the TCO of IT infrastructure....
in October 2005. The latter was subsequently taken over by Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
in 2007.
On March 14, 2006, TeleVideo, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is available to every business, whether organized as a corporation or sole proprietorship, and to individuals, although it is most...
.
Products
- Terminals: TeleVideo 910, 912, 920, 920B, 920C, 925, 950, 955, 965, 970, 975, Personal Terminal
- CP/M systems: TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802, TS-803
- 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)