Reply to post: Interesting machine, but hamstrung by TI marketing

81's 99 in 17: Still a lotta love for the TI‑99/4A – TI's forgotten classic

Steve Todd

Interesting machine, but hamstrung by TI marketing

Yes, it had a 16 bit CPU, but they only gave it 256 bytes of 16 bit memory. All the rest was a nasty 8->16 bit multiplexed cludge. TI marketing didn't want it to compete with their lucrative mini computer market, so they deliberately made sure it couldn't.

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