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'''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]].
'''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 |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>]]
[[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>]]


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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>
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>
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> The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy once more in June 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFDBS0020080618e23g000bi?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfwSeRP4ZECQTgAvWTm6FD5--QUx9FY4szWLnJ40DbdVNb70IEl7R14w6rkHA%3D%3D&gaa_ts=6948aa63&gaa_sig=ltjMx4F-WsNXsYfJsGLuCma8u5YDELLN9HZaaAs-SLroBoQ41dvcwbpVDII931ht1BGMUrojV0rxfT9dQLDbIQ%3D%3D|title= TeleVideo Inc. Files For Ch. 11 Bankruptcy In Delaware|first=Patrick|last=Fitzgerald|date=June 18, 2008|access-date=December 21, 2025|website=The Wall Street Journal|language=en}}</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>
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>
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* 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
* 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
* 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]] systems: TeleVideo TS-800, TS-802,<ref>{{cite web | title=TS-802 Televideo | url=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 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
* [[CP/M-86]]/[[MS-DOS]] systems: TeleVideo TS-1603
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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.

File:Televideo925Terminal.jpg
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.Template:R 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]

File:Terminal-tvi965.jpg
A TeleVideo 965 terminal

Products

File:Televideo 912C.jpg
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]
File:Televideo TeleCAT-286.jpg
Televideo TeleCAT-286 computer

References

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External links

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