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6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun. 4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: Televideo Personal Mini PM/4T
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- U.S.A.
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years:
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- '1984'
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cpus:
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- Zilog Z80A
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params:
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name: Personal Mini PM/4T
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company: /companies/televideo
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company_name: Televideo
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Personal Mini PM/4T
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Televideo
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: U.S.A.
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1984'
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Unknown
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- label: CPU
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value: Zilog Z80A + Intel 80186
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: N/A
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- label: RAM
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value: 1024 KB (some systems may have more or less memory)
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- label: VRAM
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value: N/A
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- label: ROM
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value: Unknown
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: Unknown
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: Unknown
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- label: COLORS
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value: Unknown
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- label: SOUND
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value: Unknown
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: Unknown
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RS 232C (Two) - RS 422 (Serial port - Four) - Centronics
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 5.25'' disk-drive
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- label: OS
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value: InfoShare OS (OEM version of Netware)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in PSU
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- label: PRICE
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value: $6000
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tabs:
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- adverts
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adverts:
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- title: US AD. JUNE 1983
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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This advert puts forward network capabilities of Televideo systems.
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... If you want a personal computer that gives you professional performances, it's obvious that you have a lot of choices for today.\
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But there's only one with choices for tomorrow. Televideo ...
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image: null
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- title: US AD. AUGUST 1985
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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comments:
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- author: dop hegger (Netherlands)
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date: Thursday 29th May 2014
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text: |-
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The TeleVideo PM4 was one of the first dedicated fileservers. It could serve up to 4 IBM (compatible) Pc''s.\
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As a server running infoshare (indeed the earliest version of Novell) is could handle record and file locking.
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I know because, as technical support manager at that time, I introduced this system in Middle and Northern Europe.
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have a nice day
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- author: Stuart (Montreal)
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date: Sunday 1st January 2006
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text: Came across this site- great. Sold over $10MM of Televideo-INFOSHARE (aka NOVELL) in Canada- few believe me when I tell them that infoshare 1.0 was the original NOVELL! Also sold 1,000 ALTOS Xenix/Unix CPU's a few years later- another great system!(from Dave Jackson-ex Dec) good luck! Stu
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- author: Chris (New Jersey)
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date: Wednesday 20th July 2005
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text: I recently picked up a pm/16t I believe. Haven't tested it yet, came with a few disks. Hope I'll be able to image them properly. E-mail me if you have one or whatever. Better yet join the yahoo group.
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- author: David Bellamy (Pecker world)
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date: Saturday 5th April 2003
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text: I own a large ball of wasps.
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oc_id: 411
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603105710/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=411
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date: '2023-06-03'
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The Mini PM/4T was the multi-user version of the Televideo PC compatible. A video terminal was used for interfacing directly to the system.
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The InfoShare Operating System can run many multi-user programs or execute most single-user MS-DOS programs.
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The PM/4T can be linked to up to four computers (PCs or Televideo's PM Workstation \[a terminal\]).
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It was sold for $6000, and a 16-user version was available at $9000.\
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A $99 card was required to connect each PC to the system.
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**Igor Pronin** reports :\
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I was one of the first users in Finland. Infoshare Operating System was actually Novell Netware. In the begining it was version 1 or 1.1 but it was soon upgraded to 1.2. As a server running programs off the server, it was faster than from a local hard disk of a 12 MHz AT.
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