pixelpedant Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I've got some 99/4 promotional materials I intend to post digital copies of fairly imminently. But to get started, here's a TI-99/4 Price List, Effective October 4, 1980, which is probably the most useful of them, to me. And also, a TI-99/4 Brochure in quite perfect condition: TI-994 Brochure 2.pdf There is at least one existing scan of that one, but in relatively poor quality/resolution, so this is an improvement on that. Alternatively, as source JPEGs: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhataKowinkydink Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Nice. I've got the 1982 brochure with Bill Cosby on the front 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch1995 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 $1 in 1980 is worth $3.59 today. $1100 is ~$4000. That was a really fancy calculator!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) I've got a Cosby bookmark worth a negative$1.50. but I'll hang on to it because it's still a great part of history. Edited October 14, 2022 by GDMike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 The funniest thing is clearly that a floppy disk costs 5.25. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 9 hours ago, WhataKowinkydink said: Nice. I've got the 1982 brochure with Bill Cosby on the front 😅 Yeahhhhhh, that didn't age well at all. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhataKowinkydink Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, JB said: Yeahhhhhh, that didn't age well at all. Lmfao....!!! Indeed.... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikotik Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 This was the most interesting bit for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, sikotik said: This was the most interesting bit for me. yes, as that is the only reference I have ever seen to one of the plug-in speech modules actually existing. . .and this also identifies the additional vocabulary type, which makes it a double bonus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Note as well that the 1979 brochure makes the promise of the modules explicit, even if it does not offer any details: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Seventy dollars for the Demonstration Cartridge! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The wanted to milk all cows, retailers included. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 11:08 AM, WhataKowinkydink said: Nice. I've got the 1982 brochure with Bill Cosby on the front 😅 I guess no one had a clue why I laughed when I saw a Bill Cosby advertisement in and for the Las Vegas Treasure Island ressort about ten years ago ... 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 More 99/4 promo materials: How to Enrich and Expand Your Family's World (6 pages) how-to-enrich-ti994.pdf And Texas Instruments Introduces the TI-99/4 Home Computer (12 pages) The TI Home Computer.pdf 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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