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 Intel8088. 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]
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.[12]
