TI sold about 250,000 units in Germany, starting in early 1980. They had European manufacturing sites for hardware and software in Holland and Italy. They even

TI sold about 250,000 units in Germany, starting in early 1980. They had European manufacturing sites for hardware and software in Holland and Italy. They even released a number of software packages in a number of European languages--and a few of these software packages were unique to the European market. It was known outside of Europe as well. It was sold in Japan in 1980, Australia and New Zealand, and South America. Argentina even had manufacturing facilities for hardware and software, and continued building/selling systems until 1986, two years beyond the point US and European production stopped.