WhataKowinkydink Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I stumbled across these and thought I'd share them as I reckon others would find them as interesting as I did :) https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-inside-story-of-texas-instruments-biggest-blunder-the-tms9900-microprocessor https://spectrum.ieee.org/chip-hall-of-fame-texas-instruments-tms9900 https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-texas-instruments-994-worlds-first-16bit-computer Shame TI made some of the decisions they made: and top of the list is the paltry 16-bit address space. My sense is if they'd had even the 20-bits that the 8086 had it might have had a serious shot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 In the first article, they refer to the TI 99/4, as the first 16-bit home computer using the TMS 9900. But they show a picture of a TI 99/4A. Guess only us nerds will notice. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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