TI-99/4a
Model or Identifier: TI-99/4a
Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
Date: June 1981
Releasing two years after the overpriced TI 99/4, the 99/4a offered a much better keyboard and graphics and sound on par with the Commodore VIC-20 for around $200. A wide array of software was available on cartridge form. The TI 99/4a was well known for its education titles.
TI offered an expansion box which could house disk drives, additional memory, modems, etc. Software was also available on cassette. Programs could be typed and run in using the built-in BASIC language although other languages were an option.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: June 1981
Processor: TI TMS9900
Architecture: 16bit
Video: TMS9918A VDP
Audio: TMS9919
TI-99/4a on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
Watch a TI-99/4a commercial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0t4QIINLI
Model or Identifier: TI-99/4a
Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
Date: June 1981
Releasing two years after the overpriced TI 99/4, the 99/4a offered a much better keyboard and graphics and sound on par with the Commodore VIC-20 for around $200. A wide array of software was available on cartridge form. The TI 99/4a was well known for its education titles.
TI offered an expansion box which could house disk drives, additional memory, modems, etc. Software was also available on cassette. Programs could be typed and run in using the built-in BASIC language although other languages were an option.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: June 1981
Processor: TI TMS9900
Architecture: 16bit
Video: TMS9918A VDP
Audio: TMS9919
TI-99/4a on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
Watch a TI-99/4a commercial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0t4QIINLI
Model or Identifier: TI-99/4a
Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
Date: June 1981
Releasing two years after the overpriced TI 99/4, the 99/4a offered a much better keyboard and graphics and sound on par with the Commodore VIC-20 for around $200. A wide array of software was available on cartridge form. The TI 99/4a was well known for its education titles.
TI offered an expansion box which could house disk drives, additional memory, modems, etc. Software was also available on cassette. Programs could be typed and run in using the built-in BASIC language although other languages were an option.
Additional Information:
Specifications
Released: June 1981
Processor: TI TMS9900
Architecture: 16bit
Video: TMS9918A VDP
Audio: TMS9919
TI-99/4a on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A
Watch a TI-99/4a commercial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV0t4QIINLI