On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, James B. DiGriz wrote:
> > Being this was made in 1981 (according to the page), and based on the way
> > TI did things, I would not be surprised if there was a TI-99/4a at the
> > core of this machine, with the carthridge slot used to throw different
> > applications onto the machine for various data communications scenarios.
>
> I'm guessing this was a way to sell /4 mainboards still in inventory
> after the /4A was introduced, among other things. The mainboard might
> have been redesigned specifically for the Insight, though, which is one
> of the things I'd like to find out.
>From my understanding, the TI-99/4 and 99/4a are the same save for the
keyboard.
Are there any motherboard differences? I wouldn't think so.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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