Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-08 Thread Ed via cctalk
Thanks to all that provided on list and off list material on the TI 99/4 systems. It was very helpful. Still looking for some hi res ad art work... Thanks Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 9/7/2017 5:24:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@clas

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-07 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 7 September 2017 at 04:07, Sam O'nella via cctalk wrote: > I don't know if it was my newb brain/false memory but i thought I saw someone > post a ti-99/2 prototype before It was a thing: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=267 Never made it onto retail sale, though. -- Lia

Re: Scavenging higher-end models (Was: Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.)

2017-09-07 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 6 September 2017 at 20:46, Tapley, Mark wrote: > On Sep 6, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > >> It shows what the machine could have been, if TI hadn't crippled it >> for fear of competing with its higher-end models. > > I have heard similar arguments repeatedly, in

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
gh. That's intriguing and worth some more reading to see what it did vs the competition. Original message From: John Wilson via cctalk Date: 9/6/17 1:57 PM (GMT-06:00) To: william degnan via cctech Subject: Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers. On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 0

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread John Wilson via cctalk
On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 02:07:22PM -0400, william degnan via cctech wrote: >I'd double check that. I have found, at least in my experience, that the >beige are more plentiful than what you'd expect if they only made them for >a few months. I bet they were made for the last year or more of the ru

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Yeechang Lee via cctalk
* Black and chrome, chiclet keyboard - TI-99/4, the first TI home computer (1979). * Black and chrome, typewriter keyboard - TI-99/4A, the revised version of the above (1981). * Beige, typewriter keyboard - TI-99/4A, cost-reduced version of the above (1983). Manufactured for only a few mont

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread william degnan via cctalk
> > * Beige, typewriter keyboard - TI-99/4A, cost-reduced version of the > above (1983). Manufactured for only a few months before > discontinuation in late 1983. > I'd double check that. I have found, at least in my experience, that the beige are more plentiful than what you'd expect if the

Scavenging higher-end models (Was: Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.)

2017-09-06 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctalk
On Sep 6, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > It shows what the machine could have been, if TI hadn't crippled it > for fear of competing with its higher-end models. I have heard similar arguments repeatedly, in reference to systems from multiple different companies (DEC

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 6 September 2017 at 16:55, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk > wrote: > > > There's a pretty good article about TI's home computers that I've been > > trying to find that lays out a pretty convincing argument f

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On 6 September 2017 at 16:55, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote: > There's a pretty good article about TI's home computers that I've been > trying to find that lays out a pretty convincing argument for why the 4A > was not successful in the market despite early success. https://spectrum.ieee.org

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk
Depends on if you're talking about the 99/4 or 99/4A. The 99/4 was black and silver and had a chiclet style keyboard and is rare. The 4A had a black and silver finish first, and then later switched to beige I imagine in an effort to curb costs since they were being undercut pretty badly by Commodor

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-06 Thread Ed via cctalk
In a message dated 9/5/2017 11:27:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, p...@mactec.com.au writes: Hi Ed Howdy! Did you do any research on this at all? Not a lot found a few conflicting things The beige one was later. Thanks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/

Re: determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-05 Thread Chris Pye via cctalk
Hi Ed Did you do any research on this at all? The beige one was later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A Bill Cosby was their spokesperson. I can scan the advertising stuff that I have, but I’m pretty sure that it is all online somewhere. > On 6 Sep 2017, at 4:00 pm,

determing date on TI 99/4 computers.

2017-09-05 Thread Ed via cctalk
There is a white or beige one then there is the black and chrome one? which first? and dates please? This is unfamiliar territory for me. but need to pay homage to these in a museum display here. looking for good hi res scans of adv. material etc. for display?? thanks ed# _www.