16 Mar
1997
16 Mar
'97
8:43 a.m.
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!
I do know that there were prototypes made of this machine, and I _believe_
it actually made it into limited production, but on that note I'm not
really sure.
I remember seeing a picture of one on the web.... I'll go back to lurking
on this thread until I can find the exact reference again... might take me
a while!
Cya l8r,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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4: TI's first model computer - #4 - sounds cool, heh?
If it was their first,
why #4? What happened to 1-3? 
16 Mar
16 Mar
10:40 a.m.
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:43:56 -0500, you wrote:
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!
I do know that there were prototypes made of this machine, and I _believe_
it actually made it into limited production, but on that note I'm not
really sure.
Yes, there was a 99/2 but it came AFTER the 99/4! (Don't try to make
sense of anything TI did related to computers)
_______________
Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan soon!
4: TI's first model computer - #4 - sounds cool, heh?
If it was their first,
why #4? What happened to 1-3? 
17 Mar
17 Mar
4:53 a.m.
Hi,
Talking of TI's I have a 99/4A that has an all silver case, not to be
confused with the beige case.) The serial number is "R 047012 40 83 RC1"
and the model number is "PHC004A". You can find a picture of it at this
URL:
http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/old_collection/manufacturer-ti.html
I have been searching for information about this machine for some time.
I would like to know if it was a production version or some sort of
custom job.
Regards
--
Kevan
Old Computer Collector: <URL:http://staff.motiv.co.uk/~kevan/>
3:02 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Kevan Heydon wrote:
Talking of TI's I have a 99/4A that has an all
silver case, not to be
confused with the beige case.) The serial number is "R 047012 40 83 RC1"
I have been searching for information about this machine for some time.
I would like to know if it was a production version or some sort of
custom job.
I've never seen a beige case TI99/4A. All of the ones I have ever seen are
silver.
Tony
18 Mar
18 Mar
10:03 a.m.
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Kevan Heydon wrote:
Hi,
Talking of TI's I have a 99/4A that has an all silver case, not to be
confused with the beige case.) The serial number is "R 047012 40 83 RC1"
and the model number is "PHC004A". You can find a picture of it at this
URL:
I haven't looked at your picture (I'm typing on a VT320 terminal) but
I've only ever seen a beige-cased 99/4A *once*, and sadly I didn't
collect it. There were literally dozens of silver TI-99/4As at the
Salvation Army shop I go to a couple of years ago, before they cleaned
the place up and presumably <sigh> tossed all those machines (and about
half as many Color Computers) into the garbage. Perhaps the case of the
4A varies with locale?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
10:34 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 16:03:40 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Kevan Heydon wrote:
No, the beige version was mass-produced and available nationally. I
found a couple for a friend last summer. Their only real benefit was a
reduced-heat power supply, it worked identically to the prevalent
black-and-silver version.
_______________
Barry Peterson bm_pete(a)ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe now and to Tegan soon!
Hi,
Talking of TI's I have a 99/4A that has an all silver case, not to be
confused with the beige case.) The serial number is "R 047012 40 83 RC1"
and the model number is "PHC004A". You can find a picture of it at this
URL:
I haven't looked at your picture (I'm typing on a VT320 terminal) but
I've only ever seen a beige-cased 99/4A *once*, and sadly I didn't
collect it. There were literally dozens of silver TI-99/4As at the
Salvation Army shop I go to a couple of years ago, before they cleaned
the place up and presumably <sigh> tossed all those machines (and about
half as many Color Computers) into the garbage. Perhaps the case of the
4A varies with locale?
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
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