18 Mar
1997
18 Mar
'97
7:34 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 16:03:40 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Kevan Heydon wrote:
No, the beige version was mass-produced and available nationally. I
found a couple for a friend last summer. Their only real benefit was a
reduced-heat power supply, it worked identically to the prevalent
black-and-silver version.
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Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan soon!
Hi,
Talking of TI's I have a 99/4A that has an all silver case, not to be
confused with the beige case.) The serial number is "R 047012 40 83 RC1"
and the model number is "PHC004A". You can find a picture of it at this
URL:
I haven't looked at your picture (I'm typing on a VT320 terminal) but
I've only ever seen a beige-cased 99/4A *once*, and sadly I didn't
collect it. There were literally dozens of silver TI-99/4As at the
Salvation Army shop I go to a couple of years ago, before they cleaned
the place up and presumably <sigh> tossed all those machines (and about
half as many Color Computers) into the garbage. Perhaps the case of the
4A varies with locale?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca