15 Mar
1997
15 Mar
'97
9:03 a.m.
In a message dated 97-03-15 01:04:11 EST, you write:
<< I noticed you have a list of systems in your sig including the TI-99/4a.
Man, that was a fun computer! I wonder how Texas Instruments came up with
that model number.
mhop(a)snip.net
>
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.
4: TI's first model computer - #4 - sounds cool, heh?
A: The enhanced model of the "TI-99/4", which came out in 1981,
the 99/4 came out around 1978.
Bryan Nicalek
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