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 TI BASIC (TI 99/4A) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TI BASIC was a dialect of BASIC for the Texas Instruments TI 99/4A home computer, developed under contract to Microsoft by Bob Wallace and Bob Greenberg.
TI BASIC was built into the 99/4A, and was remarkably easy to learn.
This article is about the TI 99/4A home computer programming language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TI_BASIC_programming_language_(TI_99/4A)   (259 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the early 1980s, TI was known as a pioneer in speech synthesis, and a plug-in speech module was available for the TI-99/4A.
TI offered a $100 rebate, which caused spokesman Bill Cosby to quip about how easy it was to sell a computer if you paid people $100 to buy one.
TI lost $100 million in the second quarter of 1983 and $330 million in the third quarter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A   (1812 words)

  
 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI 99/4A
Texas Instruments tried to survive on the home computer market with a beige model of the TI 99/4A that was cheaper to manufacture, but it was of no avail.
The Texas Instruments 99/4A was the successor of the TI 99/4, which because of it's late introduction in Europe only led a short life there.
What anyhow caused problems for Texas Instruments was the fact that it kept the technical details of the TI 99/4 and 4A secret.
computermuseum.50megs.com /brands/ti994a.htm   (973 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI99/4A Computer is Introduced at the June 1981 CED Show
Texas Instruments actually began their TI99 line of computers with the TI99/4 in June 1979.
The versatile TI99/4A sold well, but TI got into a price war with Commodore and their VIC20 computer.
Texas Instruments TI99/4A Computer is Introduced at the June 1981 CED Show
www.cedmagic.com /history/ti994a.html   (231 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer
It had little in common with the 99/4A, the 99/2 was to be an inexpensive beginners computer like the Timex Sinclair 1000.
By August 1982, TI is losing shelf-space to competitors, and issues a $100 rebate on the TI-99/4A.
In June 1983, TI released the cheaper beige plastic version of the TI-99/4A, and again had to cut the price, to less than $100.
oldcomputers.net /ti994a.html   (1043 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI 99-4
Texas Instruments, the semi-conductor giant, had lagged behind Intel and Motorola in the development of microprocessors, concentrating on the production of memory chips and calculator chips, in which field they were first in the world.
Texas Instruments calculator division had engaged in a world-wide price war, in which they had destroyed or crippled the competition for all time.
Texas Instruments came back and extended their rebates until April, plus giving away free speech synthesizers to customers who bought quantities of software.
pc-history.org /texas.htm   (1691 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4a Home Computer - The Revelation
Of all the other computers on the market at the time the TI-99/4a is the one that shined the brightest.
Texas Instruments Inc. started distributing the TI-99/4a Home Computer in 1979.
Texas Instruments made their Disk Controller Card compatible with IBM so you can put either a 5.25" or 3.5" floppy drive in the PEB as long as they both spin at 300 RPM.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /99er   (1135 words)

  
 TI 99/4A Computer
TI also made minicomputers that were identical to the 9900 processor in the 99/4 (990/10, 990/12, etc.).
The TI 99/4A was an advanced computer for its day with a 16 bit processor and advanced sound and graphics.
Although The Texas Instruments TI 99/4a was a contemporary of the Apple ][, Atari 800 and much of the Radio Shack line it wasn't nearly as successful as those computers.
www.vintage-computer.com /ti_99_4a.shtml   (1716 words)

  
 Area 99, Rick Liddell's Texas Instruments TI99/4A site.
TI couldn't compete on price as the 99/4A was quite expensive to produce and in the end, they had to withdraw from the home computer market due to financial losses.
The fact is, TI produced millions of these wonderful little machines so don't expect vast sums of money to be squandered in a bidding war for that '99 you found under a pile of old Christmas decorations in the loft.
The Texas Instruments TI99/4A home computer was first introduced in 1979 with a retail price of $525 and was one of the most powerful of it's time.
www.ricks-graphics.co.uk /area99/computer.htm   (944 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4 was the first 16-bit home computer.
For various reasons, its chiclet keyboard being but one of them, the TI-99/4 was no commercial success, and so was quickly replaced with a successor, the TI-99/4A (see the TI-99/4A article for more information).
TI en apoyo de la enseñanza Sitio de Texas Instruments con información sobre educativa sobre productos, manuales, programación, software y foros.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4.html   (377 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
The Texas Instrument TI 99/4A was a very succesful computer.
You list the TI 99/4a as being released in June 1979.
TI TMS 9900 (with 256 bytes 'cache', actually it accesses to 256 bytes of RAM)
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=236   (385 words)

  
 ti.htm
With as little as just a basic console and television a TI99/4a was very functional and programs could be loaded VIA a cassette recorder or a ROM cartridge.
In 1979, Texas Instruments introduces the TI-99/4a personal computer.
Texas Instruments is a large electronics company that has contributed considerably to the computer revolution.
members.fortunecity.com /pcmuseum/ti.htm   (207 words)

  
 Adapters For TI 99/4A Computer Provided by Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Providing Adapter For TI 99/4A Computer
Texas Instruments is also instituting a green "Safety Check" label for easy recognition by customers that the transformers in inventory at retail stores have been inspected and modified as necessary.
The 99/4A model home computers have been sold in a variety of retail outlets over the past year at suggested retail prices of $450 and $375 with $100 rebate in effect since September 11, 1982.
www.cpsc.gov /cpscpub/prerel/prhtml83/83071.html   (382 words)

  
 TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 1982
TI announces the impending release of 45 modules for the 99/4A in the third and fourth quarters.
Texas Instruments initiates the TI Employee Software Royalty Program, which pays royalties to TI employees who create software for the TI-99/4A Home Computer, that is accepted for inclusion in the home computer library.
TI issues a full page ad in the Summer Consumer Electronics Show trade paper warning third-party software developers of possible legal action if they produce "unlicensed" software for the 99/4A.
www.ti99ers.org /timeline/time1982.htm   (2406 words)

  
 TI-99/4A
One of the gaming drawbacks to the TI-99/4A was its joysticks (currently, GOTCHA has two sets -- 1 new in the box).
The joysticks produced by TI are durable and come as a set of two, but they are uncomfortable, awkward to hold and barely serviceable for serious gaming.
Although there was a small monitor made for the unit (not generally available in '82/'83), the TI was more often used with a color TV via the included RF modulator.
www.classicgaming.com /gotcha/ti99.htm   (432 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Texas Instruments TI 99
Encyclopedia > Texas Instruments TI 99 > 4A
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Texas-Instruments-TI_99/4A   (74 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
At one point, TI was selling the TI-99/4A for less than it cost to manufacture and they ended up losing quite a lot of money over it trying to match the VIC-20 in price.
The TI-99/4A came out in November 1979 and was quite an interesting system since it was a 16bit computer in a day when 8bit systems were the norm.
An interesting note is that a company called Myarc used the PEBox to produce a TI-99/4A compatible computer after TI stopped it's production, replacing the interface card with a CPU card.
www.geocities.com /j_hellige/TI994A.HTML   (389 words)

  
 Ordinateur - Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
The 16 kbytes of the basic, unexpanded TI are accessible only to the TMS-9918A, the graphics chip.
That was because the TMS-9918A needed 16 kbytes of dedicated RAM, and 16 kbytes was all the TI had.
In (ROM) TI BASIC, the 96 printable characters of the ASCII set were divided in 16 groups of 8 characters each, called character sets.
www.ornitron.com /machine/afficheordinateur.asp?idcomputer=117   (1471 words)

  
 TI 99/4A Computer
TI also made minicomputers that were identical to the 9900 processor in the 99/4 (990/10, 990/12, etc.).
The TI 99/4A was an advanced computer for its day with a 16 bit processor and advanced sound and graphics.
Although The Texas Instruments TI 99/4a was a contemporary of the Apple ][, Atari 800 and much of the Radio Shack line it wasn't nearly as successful as those computers.
www.vintage-computer.com /ti_99_4a.shtml   (1372 words)

  
 Ordinateur - Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
The 16 kbytes of the basic, unexpanded TI are accessible only to the TMS-9918A, the graphics chip.
BASIC could assign different colours to each of the character groups, and there was also a global background setting.
In (ROM) TI BASIC, the 96 printable characters of the ASCII set were divided in 16 groups of 8 characters each, called character sets.
www.ornitron.com /machine/afficheordinateur.asp?idcomputer=117   (1471 words)

  
 ti 99/4a articles
It was soon followed by the Ti 99/4A version which had a cheaper version of the CPU which was set in plastic rather than the military standard gold and ceramic.
Because of the fact that I knew the TI operating system quite well, I developed the little LAN on the TI99/4A Home Computer using Extended Basic and Assembly languages.
A basic principle of the data base entry routines was to keep the operation as simple as possible for the users at each terminal.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Sector/2944/tnd.html   (3938 words)

  
 The Texas Instruments 99/4 (*NOT* 4A) Page
Obviously, TI thought this was of dubious value as well, as it was nowhere to be found on the 99/4A.
This gave the 99/4A an additional display mode, although that display mode was not accessible from TI BASIC.
If you are looking for 4A information, try The TI 99/4A Home Computer Page or the TI 99/4A Shrine.
www.vex.net /~guru/ti/ti994nota.htm   (1238 words)

  
 TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 1982
TI announces the impending release of 45 modules for the 99/4A in the third and fourth quarters.
Texas Instruments initiates the TI Employee Software Royalty Program, which pays royalties to TI employees who create software for the TI-99/4A Home Computer, that is accepted for inclusion in the home computer library.
TI issues a full page ad in the Summer Consumer Electronics Show trade paper warning third-party software developers of possible legal action if they produce "unlicensed" software for the 99/4A.
www.landley.net /history/mirror/8bits/ti99/time1982.htm   (2388 words)

  
 TI994A.TXT
The bulk of the discussion tends to revolve around the TI 99/4A, a remarkable home computer which was discontinued in 1983 due to the cutthroat nature of the home computer market at that time.
A few years after TI dropped the 99/4A, a third party supplier of 99/4A peripherals (Myarc) completed a design for a replacement computer which had many enhancements over the 99/4A.
It is a commercial software package which was designed emulate the TI 99/4A as fully as possible.
www.steverd.com /faqs/TI994A.TXT   (1732 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
The Texas Instrument TI 99/4A was a very succesful computer.
TI TMS 9900 (with 256 bytes 'cache', actually it accesses to 256 bytes of RAM)
TI's own system, but a p-code card could be added, which gave access to the UCSD p-system and a Pascal compiler.
www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=236   (385 words)

  
 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer
It had little in common with the 99/4A, the 99/2 was to be an inexpensive beginners computer like the Timex Sinclair 1000.
By August 1982, TI is losing shelf-space to competitors, and issues a $100 rebate on the TI-99/4A.
In June 1983, TI released the cheaper beige plastic version of the TI-99/4A, and again had to cut the price, to less than $100.
oldcomputers.net /ti994a.html   (1043 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Texas Instruments 99/4A at Epinions.com
For it's time, the Texas Instrument TI-99/4A's hardware list was top notch, and the Apple IIe, Commodor 64 & VIC 20 were left far behind in speed, graphics & sound capabilities.
I still have that Texas Instruments TI-99/4A today, and it's in pretty good shape given I've moved several times over the last almost 25 years.
However, Texas Instruments really put a lot of power at your fingertips with their included version of BASIC named "TI BASIC".
www.epinions.com /content_161908035204   (1104 words)

  
 Gibby's Game Room (via Jerz's Literacy Weblog)
[That's my first computer on the bottom shelf, a Texas Instruments TI-99 4A (c.
The first TI we kept in the family room, on the coffee table, since that's of course where the TV was.
I later learned that TI was very aware of problems with the TI units, so when we went to return the second TI, the employee didn't really ask us why -- he had obviously seen plenty of unhappy people returning that model.
jerz.setonhill.edu /weblog/permalink.jsp?id=3296   (1055 words)

  
 TI99 TI 99 TI-99/4A Texas Instruments
On Friday October 28, 1983 at Dallas Texas, 3:00 Central time the 99/4A home computer died, brother of the late 99/2 and 99/4, age 3 years old, cause of death mis-management; survived by 1 million grandchildren and 100 thousand great-grandchildren.
Texas Instruments, TI and TI-99/4A are all registered
The Chicago TI User Group would like to officially announce that the John Birdwell Memorial Award for 2005 has been awarded to Berry Harmsen, chairman of the Dutch TI User Group.
www.mainbyte.com /ti99   (254 words)

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