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What strikes me about this article is the disparity between how much TI-99/4A hackers love that machine and the TMS9900 vs. how much the TI leadership of the ti

What strikes me about this article is the disparity between how much TI-99/4A hackers love that machine and the TMS9900 vs. how much the TI leadership of the time seem to hate it. There's virtually no inside information written down about the history of this chip, so this was pretty fascinating.

tyingq 9y ago
The love/hate thing might have been related to the eventual fire sale pricing. Towards the end, you could pick them up for $200, which was unheard of for that class of PC. Easy to see why that would draw an adoring audience while frustrating TI.
- ams6110 9y ago
  At the very end they could be had for under $100.
  - nsxwolf 9y ago
    Mine was $50 in 1983 and I've met several people who remember getting it for that price.