TI Model Number

From: mhop <mhop_at_snip.net>
Date: Sun Mar 16 12:23:55 1997

> The "TI-99/4A" was derived from the following:
>
> TI: Texas Instruments, of Course.
> 99: A cute little number based on the "9900"
microprocessor,
> which the computer had as the CPU.

This CPU was thought to be very powerfull for its time. Was it 16bit,
while most of the others were 8bit?

> 4: TI's first model computer - #4 - sounds cool, heh?

If it was their first, why #4? What happened to 1-3?

> A: The enhanced model of the "TI-99/4", which came out in
1981,
> the 99/4 came out around 1978.

Oh, I never knew there was a 99/4, I only heard of the 99/4A. Reminds me
of when Atari enhanced
their ST and came out with the STe.

 mhop_at_snip.net
Received on Sun Mar 16 1997 - 12:23:55 GMT