History of video games/Platforms/Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

__NOTOC__ History thumb|TI Basic on a TI-99/4A The Texas Instruments TI-99/4 was released in 1979 at a cost of $1,150. The improved Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was released in June 1981 at a cost of $525.Full Page Reload https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/heroic-failures/the-texas-instruments-994-worlds-first-16bit-computer IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News 28 November 2020 en Despite costing less than $100 by fall of 1982, and by being promoted by then popular comedian Bill Cosby, the TI-99/4A was severely challenged in the market by fierce competition in the low end segment, and by the video game crash of 1983.Pollack Andrew THE COMING CRISIS IN HOME COMPUTERS (Published 1983) https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/19/business/the-coming-crisis-in-home-computers.html The New York Times 28 November 2020 19 June 1983 Production of the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A ended in 1984 with about 2.5 million systems sold.OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=236 www.old-computers.com 28 November 2020Texas Instruments Model 994A Personal Computer https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1064832 National Museum of American History 28 November 2020 en Technology Compute The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A is powered by the 16-bit TMS9900 processor clocked at three megahertz.Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer https://oldcomputers.net/ti994a.html oldcomputers.net 28 November 2020 A TMS 9918 or TMS 9929 handles video processing. The TI-99/4A has 16 kilobytes of RAM and 16 kilobytes of video RAM. Hardware Texas Instruments TI-99 4A speech demo.flac Speech Synthesis Speech synthesis software output from a TI-99/4A, advanced at the time. The TI-99/4A has 26 kilobytes of ROM. Gallery 360 View Details Accessories References Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Texas Instruments TI-99/4A 2 100% __NOTOC__