Play these games on your device!! Emulators can be found here (unaffiliated link):
www.99er.net/emul.shtml
(I like Win994a simulator and Classic99 on Windows)
In 1978, Texas Instruments missed an opportunity to define computing architecture. However, we still got the TI-99/4a from it.
Today we will checking out some vintage computing hardware - the Texas Instruments TI-99/4a home computer that was released in 1981. Today we'll be learning about it's history, how history could have been different, and also doing a teardown to see inside it, as well as playing several games.
Gameplay Includes: TI Invaders, Car Wars, Jawbreaker II, BurgerTime, Tombstone City, Blasto, Hunt the Wumpus, Munch Man, A-Maze-Ing, and Parsec
Interesting Reading:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A
- spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/heroic-failures/the-texas-instruments-994-worlds-first-16bit-computer
- spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/heroic-failures/the-inside-story-of-texas-instruments-biggest-blunder-the-tms9900-microprocessor
More:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-990
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5215804
www.roylongbottom.org.uk/mips.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second
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KZitem Audio Library:
Satya Yuga
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