In 1979 companies like apple and RadioShack were already in the home computer market so TI wanted to be part of the home computer business as fast as possible. TI has been involved in the creation of many consumer electronics, from watches to radios and also their iconic product, the Speak &Spell. Texas Instruments was one of the biggest manufacturing and development company for semiconductor and microchip since their founding in 1951. Both models include hardware support for sprites, using TI’s own chips, and multi-channel sound, making them some of the first home computers to include such custom coprocessors, alongside the Atari 8-bit family also introduced in 1979. The TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A are the first 16-bit home computers, using the Texas Instruments TMS9900 16-bit CPU. It is an enhanced version of the less successful TI-99/4 which was released in late 1979. ![]() The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A is a home computer released in June 1981 in the United States. “Now computers are like toasters, cheap and un-interesting.”
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