EXHIBIT 23.0





               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT



We have issued our report dated December 18, 1998 (except for note 14, as to 
which the date is December 28, 1998 and note 4, as to which the date is 
February 16, 1999) accompanying the consolidated financial statements 
included in the Annual Report of TeleVideo, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 
10-K for the year ended October 31, 1998. We hereby consent to the 
incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statement of 
TeleVideo, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 33-26203, effective November 2, 1992).

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
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    Grant Thornton LLP

San Jose, California
February 11, 1999