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Digging in to the Tei Processor Terminal PT. 1

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  So recently I managed to acquire myself an S-100 system for relatively cheap (but still fairly pricey to me). Now I've wanted an S-100 system for a very long time, but due to their cost and most of them being located in America, I considered this a pipe dream. So of course when one became available to me I snapped it right up without any consideration, consider it an early christmas present.  So what did I acquire? A Tei Processor Terminal (either 208 or 408, the jury is still out) all the way from Houston in Texas, how did it get across the pond? Who knows! It has been converted to run on 220v and seems to work fine on 240v so there must have been someone importing these.  If you search for information on this computer you'll probably find that image being used, and for good reason, it's one of very few that exist. It turns out Tei, although seemingly fairly well regarded in the industry at the time, is relatively obscure today. Although they talked about being founded...