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{{Infobox_Hardware |
{{Infobox_Hardware |
   hardware_image  = [[File:TI-99_4A_logo.png|300px]]|
   hardware_image  = [[File:TI-99_4A_logo.png|300px]]|
   hardware_name    = TI-99/4 series|
   hardware_name    = TI-99/4|
   designer        = [[Texas Instruments]]|
   designer        = [[Texas Instruments]]|
   manufacturer    = [[Texas Instruments]]|
   manufacturer    = [[Texas Instruments]]|
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the system, two joysticks, box, quick setup guide, Beginner's Basic guide, reference guide, reference card, and video modulator manual.  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the system, two joysticks, box, quick setup guide, Beginner's Basic guide, reference guide, reference card, and video modulator manual.  
|}
|}


==TI-99/4A games owned by WEC Museum==
==TI-99/4 games owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1980
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].  
|}
|}


==TI-99/4A applications owned by WEC Museum==
==TI-99/4 applications owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Release
!| Added to museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1979
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | February 3, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.  
|}
|}


[[Category: Computers and video game consoles]]
==TI-99/4A games owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Addition and Subtraction 1]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Addition and Subtraction 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pirate Adventure|Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Adventure International]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Rebranded ''[[Pirate Adventure]]''.<br />WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alpiner]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Attack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Milton Bradley]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[BurgerTime]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Data East]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Car Wars]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Division 1]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Hopper]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Milliken Math Sequences: Integers]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Milliken Publishing|Milliken Software Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Multiplication 1]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Scott Foresman|Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Munchman]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Parsec]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[TI Invaders]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tombstone City: 21st Century]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tunnels of Doom]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Video Chess (1982 video game)|Video Chess]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|}
 
==TI-99/4A applications owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Disk Manager 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Floppy disk]] utilities.<br />WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Microsoft Multiplan]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Microsoft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Personal Record Keeping]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Terminal Emulator II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[TI-Writer Word Processor]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | WEC Museum owns the [[ROM cartridge|cartridge]] and manual.
|}
 
==TI-99/4 periodicals owned by WEC Museum==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Publisher
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Home Computer Magazine|99'er Home Computer Magazine]]''<br />''[[Home Computer Magazine]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Emerald Valley Publishing]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | It began as 99'er Magazine in May 1981. The title changed to 99'er Home Computer Magazine in February 1983, then to Home Computer Magazine in May 1984.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Enthusiast 99]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[International 99/4 Users Group]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Texas Instruments Home Computer Newsletter]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Texas Instruments]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}
 
[[Category: Computers and consoles]]
[[Category: Computers and consoles by Texas Instruments]]
[[Category: Computers and consoles released in 1979]]
[[Category: Physical items not owned by WEC Museum]]
[[Category: Second-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category: Computers and consoles designed in the United States of America]]

Latest revision as of 20:45, 28 August 2024

TI-99 4A logo.png
TI-99/4
Designer Texas Instruments
Manufacturer Texas Instruments
CPU 3 MHz TMS9900
Graphics TI-99/4A: TMS9918A VDC
Memory 16 KB RAM
256 bytes scratchpad RAM
Media ROM cartridge
Released TI-99/4: 1979
TI-99/4A: June 1981
Added to Museum TI-99/4A: February 3, 2020

The TI-99/4 series consisted of two computers by Texas Instruments.

They used the TMS9900 CPU, clocked at 3 MHz, and were the first 16-bit computers released for the home market.

TI-99/4

The TI-99/4 was released in late 1979.

TI-99/4A

The TI-99/4A was released in June 1981. It was backward compatible with TI-99/4 titles. However, due to the improved graphics capabilities of the TMS9918A, not all TI-99/4A titles could be used on the TI-99/4.

Development

In 1977, two teams at Texas Instruments were working on two separate projects, a computer, and a video game console. The two projects were merged into the TI-99/4 series.

TI-99 hardware owned by WEC Museum

Title Manufacturer Release Notes
TI-99/4A Texas Instruments 1981 WEC Museum owns the system, two joysticks, box, quick setup guide, Beginner's Basic guide, reference guide, reference card, and video modulator manual.

TI-99/4 games owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Release Notes
Beginning Grammar Texas Instruments 1979 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Blackjack & Poker Texas Instruments 1980 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Early Reading Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing 1980 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Number Magic Texas Instruments 1979 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.

TI-99/4 applications owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Release Notes
Home Financial Decisions Texas Instruments 1979 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Household Budget Management Texas Instruments 1979 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.

TI-99/4A games owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Release Notes
Addition and Subtraction 1 Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Addition and Subtraction 2 Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Adventure Adventure International 1981 Rebranded Pirate Adventure.
WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Alpiner Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
The Attack Milton Bradley 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
BurgerTime Data East 1983 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Car Wars Texas Instruments 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Division 1 Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Donkey Kong Nintendo 1983 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Hopper Texas Instruments 1984 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Milliken Math Sequences: Integers Milliken Software Publishing 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Multiplication 1 Scott, Foresman Electronic Publishing 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Munchman Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Parsec Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
TI Invaders Texas Instruments 1981 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Tombstone City: 21st Century Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Tunnels of Doom Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Video Chess Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.

TI-99/4A applications owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Release Notes
Disk Manager 2 Texas Instruments 1982 Floppy disk utilities.
WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Microsoft Multiplan Microsoft 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
Personal Record Keeping Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.
Terminal Emulator II Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge.
TI-Writer Word Processor Texas Instruments 1982 WEC Museum owns the cartridge and manual.

TI-99/4 periodicals owned by WEC Museum

Title Publisher Release Notes
99'er Home Computer Magazine
Home Computer Magazine 		Emerald Valley Publishing It began as 99'er Magazine in May 1981. The title changed to 99'er Home Computer Magazine in February 1983, then to Home Computer Magazine in May 1984.
Enthusiast 99 International 99/4 Users Group
Texas Instruments Home Computer Newsletter Texas Instruments
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