For more than ten years, TEI has been a low profile manufacturer of electronic products for some of the largest OEM's in America. The company was vertically integrated, starting with raw materials and manufacturing all the parts needed for the end product.
In 1977, they started to produce a full line of computers based around the Intel 8080 microprocessor and CP/M operating system aimed at small business companies and liberal professions.
The PT-112 was the basic system of the PT series, Featuring 32 KB of RAM, a 24 x 80 display, a 5.25" 80 KB Shugart SA400 floppy drive and 5 available expansion slots.
The PT-212 was the same machine, with a 512 KB 8" Shugart SA800 floppy drive.
The PT-312 was sold with a dual 80 KB Floppy drive unit, and
The PT-412 with a dual 8" 512 KB unit.
The Terminal Processor family also included some versions, called PT-208 and PT-408 with a special case that provided 5.25" floppy drives housing on both sides of the screen.
Thanks to Wallace Berry for information and pictures
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Picture of the TEI that I have circa 1977
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Tuesday 15th September 2015
Scott L
are you going to sell the TEI Terminal
Monday 29th April 2002
DAKOTA (jayess)
NAME
Terminal Processor
MANUFACTURER
TEI
TYPE
Professional Computer
ORIGIN
U.S.A.
YEAR
1977
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
None
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke detachable keyboard with function keys and numeric keypad
CPU
Intel 8080A
CO-PROCESSOR
None
RAM
32 KB
ROM
2 KB
TEXT MODES
80 chars x 24 lines
GRAPHIC MODES
None
COLORS
Monochrome
SIZE / WEIGHT
Unknown
I/O PORTS
Parallel ports (3) - Serial Ports (3, from 75 to 19200 bauds), RS232C and TTL outputs
BUILT IN MEDIA
5'' 1/4 Shugart SA400 - 80 KB (IBM compatible format) The controller can handle 4 drives.
OS
CP/M
POWER SUPPLY
Built-in Power Supply Unit
PRICE
PT-112 $5,895.00 (shipping weight 80 lbs) PT-212 $8,150.00 (the most popular model sold)
