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The 8-Bit Era's Weird Uncle: The TI-99/4A

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168 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 16 Feb 25 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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unreal37 ◴[20 Feb 25 06:34 UTC] No.43111770[source]▶
I loved my little TI-99/4A...

I used to lay down in the living room and transcribe BASIC from COMPUTE! magazine into it, and customize them, and that's how I learned to program.

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1. johnnyballgame ◴[20 Feb 25 13:58 UTC] No.43114679[source]▶
Same here. I specifically remember staying home "sick" from school just so I could transfer those COMPUTE! programs from paper to screen and eventually to cassette tape! Still have the entire setup except for the 13" Montgomery Ward TV it was connected to. I owe my entire tech career to my parents buying me that little TI from Shopko in 1983.