Show 035: The TI 99/4A Microcomputer
Episode description
It's not 8 bits, but it's retro. And it talks...
Welcome to Show 035! This week's Topic: The Texas Instruments 99/4A Microcomputer!
Topics and links discussed in the podcast...
Use your old DOS PC as a Commodore hard drive. How?
With 64HDD...
A 21st century recreation of a 1960s educational computer toy? Now, that's
retro! Check out the
DigiComp I v 2.0
from Minds-On Toys.
If you're like me, and you think an Altair looked cooler than your modern-day
LAN party case, have a look at the
AltairPC project at Briel Computers.
Commodore 64 native code, cooked on a SuperCPU C64 or PC. Interested?
Check out Slang, recently
updated!
Wikipedia article on the TI
99/4A - great info, as always.
Another of my favorite sites, Old Computers Dot Com,
with their
coverage of the 99/4A. Check out the forums.
An early 80s
review
of the 99/4A, from Creative Computing, on the Atari Magazines site.
Cool!
Want to see some photos of the 99/4A, and it's various stuff?
Here's a Flickr site that will
get you hooked up.
The TI 99/4A Tech Pages
- bits, bytes, schematics, pinouts - it's all here!
There are several emulators for the 99/4A, including the
Win994a simulator.
The excitement continues with an annual fair in Chicago - couldn't find a main
site, but there are
videos of the event for your viewing enjoyment.
Be sure to send any comments, questions or feedback to retrobits@gmail.com.
For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!
Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.
Thanks for listening!
- Earl