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TeleVideo

Logo: TeleVideo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

U.S. computer hardware manufacturer (1975-2011)

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 who closed a successful 7-Eleven franchise he and his wife had run, and invested $9000 in savings in the new company. Hwang had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade games since 1975.2 It is headquartered in United States.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

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 who closed a successful 7-Eleven franchise he and his wife had run, and invested $9000 in savings in the new company. Hwang had run a business producing CRT monitors for arcade games since 1975. The company was headquartered in San Jose, California.2

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Terminals: 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, TS-803

CP/M Plus and MP/M II: TeleVideo TS-804 (4 users for MP/M II)

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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)

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

From Wikipedia’s article on TeleVideo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Sep 30, 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1975Founded Founded1

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