There was also a beige all plastic model that came later. Cheaper to make.
These seem a bit more rare then the silver/black ones....here anyways...
A fast 16 bit CPU but a weird way of accessing memory made the thing really
slow IIRC
I think it was a costly & painfull venture for TI...
I am still looking for the expansion box / floppies for these...these are
rarer because so expensive back then...
The computers alone are very common...
I have accumulated too many and some will go in garbage at next
inventory/cleaning...Ill keep the "inbox" ones...
My 2 cents...
Claude
Canuk Computer Collector
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <liste(a)artware.qc.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: TI-99/4A
I was given a TI-99/4A this week end. Has clean and
has power and teevee
cables. Only has the Number Madness cartridge, however. Haven't
turned it on yet, but i've played with the keyboard. It has a nice
tactile feel, especially compared to the dross that passes as a keyboard
nowadays
Is this thing compatible w/ "period" joysticks (like the atari's used)?
Any other interesting info on this model?
-Philip