17 Mar
1997
17 Mar
'97
5:45 a.m.
In a message dated 97-03-16 14:37:42 EST, Roger Merchberger writes:
At 01:23 PM 3/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
Ummm... If y'all don't mind the extra added
crazyness, The TI-99/4 was
*not* the first model! There was a TI-99/2!
The 99/4 & 99/4A were the first computers from TI.
The 99/2 came out as a low end ($100) computer to compete with the Vic 20.
There was a 99/8 planned (less than a 100 were built - a high end home
machine) that never made it to the stores.
Commodore's price wars (and TI's arrogance) killed the 99 line.
Kind of ironic since it was TI that nearly killed Commodore years before in
the calculator market!
John Hamilton
hamijohn(a)aol.com
"Old computers never die, they just fade away bit by bit!"
4:
TI's first model computer - #4 - sounds cool, heh?
If it was their first, why
#4? What happened to 1-3?