Editing TeleVideo

{{other uses|Televideo (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name                = TeleVideo Corporation
| logo                = File:TeleVideo logo.svg
| type                = [[Corporation]]
| industry            = [[Computer hardware]]
| fate                = [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] in 2006; disestablished in 2011
| founded             = {{Start date and age|1975}}
| founder             = K. Philip Hwang
| hq_location_city    = [[San Jose, California]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| key_people          = 
| 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
| num_employees       = 
| num_employees_year  = 
| revenue             =
| homepage            = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306095209/http://www.televideo.com/|title=televideo.com}}
}}

'''TeleVideo Corporation''' was a [[United States|U.S.]] company that achieved its peak of success in the early 1980s producing [[computer terminal]]s.  TeleVideo was founded in 1975 by K. Philip Hwang, a [[Utah State University]], [[Hanyang University]] graduate born in [[North Korea]]<ref>[http://www.usu.edu/alumni/newsletter/2004/feb04.html#spot USU Alumni newsletter, Feb. 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517093721/http://www.usu.edu/alumni/newsletter/2004/feb04.html#spot |date=2009-05-17 }}</ref> who closed a successful [[7-Eleven]] franchise he and his wife had run, and invested $9000 in savings in the new company.<ref name="hogan19810622">{{Cite magazine |last=Hogan |first=Thom |date=1981-06-22 |title=TeleVideo Sets Sights on Small-Computer Market |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2#v=onepage&q&f=true |access-date=2025-04-12 |magazine=InfoWorld |page=1}}</ref> Hwang had run a business producing [[CRT monitor]]s for [[arcade game]]s since 1975. The company was headquartered in [[San Jose, California]].
[[Image:Televideo925Terminal.jpg|thumb|A TeleVideo terminal model 925 made around 1982<ref>Installation and User's Guide, http://vt100.net/televideo/tvi925_ig.pdf</ref>]]

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").<ref>e.g. [[Rogue Wave (company)|Rogue Wave]]'s [http://www.roguewave.com/products/hostaccess.php HostAccess] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503083020/http://www.roguewave.com/products/hostaccess.php |date=2009-05-03 }}</ref>
 
TeleVideo also built [[CP/M]]-compatible 8-bit desktop and portable [[personal computer]]s based on the [[Zilog Z80|Z80]] processor.{{r|hogan19810622}} Up to sixteen of these machines could be connected to proprietary multi-user systems through [[serial interface]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eight bit CP/M-based systems connect into 16-user network.|url=https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000131595/|work=[[IEEE Computer]], Volume 16 Number 2, Pages 88-93|date=1983-02-01|accessdate=2020-07-23}}</ref>
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.<ref name="blumstein19811227">{{Cite magazine |last=Blumstein |first=Michael |date=1983-12-27 |title=RIGHT TIME FOR GOING PUBLIC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/27/business/right-time-for-going-public.html |magazine=The New York Times |page=D1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In April 1983, TeleVideo introduced an [[MS-DOS 2.0]]-compatible personal computer based on the [[Intel]] [[Intel 8088|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 [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-compatible [[thin client]] computers,<ref>{{cite news|title=TeleVideo Releases TeleCLIENT Windows-Based Terminals With Microsoft RDP 5.0|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TeleVideo+Releases+TeleCLIENT+Windows-Based+Terminals+With+Microsoft...-a065475801|work=Press release|date=2000-09-26|accessdate=2009-05-14|archive-date=2012-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012005117/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TeleVideo+Releases+TeleCLIENT+Windows-Based+Terminals+With+Microsoft...-a065475801|url-status=dead}}</ref> but eventually sold this business line to [[Neoware]] in October 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=TeleVideo, Inc. Announces Sale of Thin Client Business to Neoware Systems, Inc. |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/264433/televideo_inc_announces_sale_of_thin_client_business_to_neoware |work=Press release |date=2005-10-07 |accessdate=2009-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132722/http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/264433/televideo_inc_announces_sale_of_thin_client_business_to_neoware/ |archivedate=June 6, 2012 }}</ref>  The latter was subsequently taken over by [[Hewlett-Packard]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=HP Closes Neoware Acquisition |url=http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071001xa.html |work=HP Newsroom |publisher=[[Hewlett-Packard|HP]]|date=2007-10-01 |accessdate=2009-05-14}}</ref>

On March 14, 2006, TeleVideo, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code]].<ref name="TELEVIDEO-INC-Mar-2006-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1670/110465906016916/filing-main.htm |title=TELEVIDEO INC, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 15, 2006 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TeleVideo Chapter 11 Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/4DMPTTY/TeleVideo_Inc__debke-06-10242__0001.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|accessdate=7 June 2016}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.televideo.com/ |title=Home |website=televideo.com}}</ref>
[[Image:Terminal-tvi965.jpg|thumb|A TeleVideo 965 terminal]]

==Products==
[[File:Televideo 912C.jpg|thumb|Televideo 912C]]
* Terminals:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Category:TeleVideo|title = Category:TeleVideo - Terminals}}</ref> 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,<ref>[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=610 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=610]</ref> TS-803
* [[CP/M Plus]] and [[MP/M II]]: TeleVideo TS-804<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_televideo1oTS804UsersManualJan1984_13589033|title=TeleVideo TS-804 User's Manual|date=30 Jan 1984|accessdate=13 May 2021}}</ref> (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)<ref>[http://www.vintagecomputer.net/televideo/ts-816/ www.vintagecomputer.net/televideo/ts-816/]</ref>
* 80286 IBM AT clone TELECAT 286, a small green desktop IBM AT clone with a 6 or 8&nbsp;MHz 80286 CPU Trademark filing for TELECAT-286 1986<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trademark.trademarkia.com/telecat286-73604762.html | title=TELECAT-286 Trademark of TELEVIDEO SYSTEMS, INC. Serial Number: 73604762 :: Trademarkia Trademarks }}</ref>

[[File:Televideo TeleCAT-286.jpg|thumb|none|Televideo TeleCAT-286 computer]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306095209/http://www.televideo.com/|title=Official website}}
*[https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=610 TS-802 CP/M personal computer]
*[http://maben.homeip.net/static/S100/televideo/index.html Marcus Bennett's TeleVideo Documentation resource]
*[http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/4764/TeleVideo/  History of Televideo founders]
*[http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4771/TeleVideo-TS-1603-Computer-System/  Background on TS-1603 All In One Computer]
*[http://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Category:TeleVideo Terminals Wiki]

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