16 Jan
2008
16 Jan
'08
10:56 p.m.
Is the TI-99/4A so uncommon? At least here in the
states, you can't hardly
THey're not that common across the Pond. But certainly not the rarest
machine around either.
throw a rock without hitting one. Ok, maybe not that
common... but my
understanding is that TI basically flooded the market with these things in
an attempt to win out against Commodore and Atari in the home computer
market in the 80s...
(Not that I love the idea of destroying any working "classic" computer for
parts, it's just that if you're going to, you might as well make sure it's
nothing anyone's going to miss...)
Agreed. I don't like raiding any classic computer hardware for parts, but
then again, Id be prepared to raid a common home computer in order to
restore some rare machine or peripheral. Hence my list of machines that
I've come across using this keyoard mechanism, there might be something
on there that you have anexcessive number of and would be prepared to
sacrifice.
-tony