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Texas Instruments TI-99/4

Texas Instruments · 1979

The first 16-bit home computer, in 1979, and hobbled by nearly every decision around it: a calculator keyboard, a locked-down cartridge system, and a 16-bit processor talking to memory through an 8-bit path that threw away most of its advantage. Sold poorly and was quickly replaced. Rare, and the more interesting of the pair for it.

As catalogued

Maker
Texas Instruments
CPU
TI TMS9900-3
Memory
16K
Styles
TI-99/4
Regions
NTSC (US), PAL (Europe)
Chassis
silver and black console with a calculator keyboard
OS
TI BASIC

Chips

4
CPU
TI TMS9900
VDP
TI TMS9918
Sound
TI SN76489AN, TI SN94624
GROM
TI TMC0430

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