Date   : Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:18:53 GMT
From   : regnad@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paul Prescott)
Subject: Televideo TS 803

Two days ago I was given a Televideo TS 803 with boot disk and some other
software.  I already really like the machine, due to its graphics capability
and not one, but two serial ports, and I've broken the barrier of transfers
to and from it, but I've also come up with some questions that the user's
manual doesn't answer.

What is an STI?  I haven't found an overlay for MEX or ZMP for this machine
and the reason seems to be this STI.  I gather it somehow replaces the Z80
CTC, but none of my data books lists something called an STI.

The manual mentions expandability to 128K and there is, indeed, a row of
extra memory sockets, but no mention is made as to the method of using
this extra memory.  (I have the chips to plug in if there is some kind of
built in bank switching and I find out how to use it.)

There is a 40 pin header on the circuit board labeled "HARD DISK".  Is
this for a piggyback controller, or will the machine directly support
the appropriate hard disk?  (I strongly suspect the former, but I have to
ask anyway.)  :)

Answers to any of these questions, or any suplimentary info on the TS 803
will be most welcome.


Paul Prescott
regnad@gnu.ai.mit.edu


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