There was also a beige all plastic model that came later. Cheaper to make.
These seem a bit more rare then the silver/black ones....here anyways...
A fast 16 bit CPU but a weird way of accessing memory made the thing really
slow IIRC
I think it was a costly & painfull venture for TI...
I am still looking for the expansion box / floppies for these...these are
rarer because so expensive back then...
The computers alone are very common...
I have accumulated too many and some will go in garbage at next
inventory/cleaning...Ill keep the "inbox" ones...
My 2 cents...
Claude
Canuk Computer Collector
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <liste_at_artware.qc.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: TI-99/4A
> I was given a TI-99/4A this week end. Has clean and has power and teevee
> cables. Only has the Number Madness cartridge, however. Haven't
> turned it on yet, but i've played with the keyboard. It has a nice
> tactile feel, especially compared to the dross that passes as a keyboard
> nowadays
>
> Is this thing compatible w/ "period" joysticks (like the atari's used)?
> Any other interesting info on this model?
>
> -Philip
Received on Mon Jan 29 2001 - 22:02:36 GMT