1979 · Computer or hardware
TI-99/4 (1979)
The first 16-bit home computer, based on the TMS9900. It was criticized for its calculator-style keyboard, which the TI-99/4A fixed in 1981.
Released 1979 at $1,150. The TI-99/4A followed in June 1981 at $525.
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Facts
- Date
- 1979
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home computer
- Maker or publisher
- Texas Instruments
- CPU
- TMS9900
- CPU speed
- 3 MHz
- RAM installed
- 256 bytes scratchpad
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- TMS9900 (ran on, 1976)
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