Just another Rinky-Dink Florida hamfest - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Mar 1999

Nope, the 99/4 was never intended to fill any niche other than the
home/video-game market.  The 990 series was a "business minicomputer" while
the 9900 was a microcomputer development environment.  It's kind-of like
comparing a 747 with a bicycle.  Each has its place, of course.

Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin &lt;max82(a)surfree.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: Just another Rinky-Dink Florida hamfest

...
 On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>Yes, that's probably a chassis for a 9900 system.  I once marveled at the
>similarity to S-100 when it was shown to me in a TI sales office when I was
...
  considering
using TI's 9940 single-chip microcontroller in a product. 
Is this thing in any way related to the TI-99/4A expansion box?

--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)