I’ve heard it’s actually a 16-bit machine, but limited in very peculiar ways.
I live in (and grew up in) Texas, which is probably why I saw them growing up. I don’t think they were nearly as popular as Commodore or Apple, or even Tandy (another Texas company!)
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org yeah it’s 16-bit but using 8-bit interfacing chips most likely for cost reasons, similiar to what Sinclair would later do with the QL - and with similar speed tradeoffs.
I think of TI as a reliable chip company so it’s curious to me they couldn’t make this system more successful. A bunch of strangely insular decisions on software seems to be the main issue, and why it probably didn’t come close to the others in popularity.
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I’ve heard it’s actually a 16-bit machine, but limited in very peculiar ways.
I live in (and grew up in) Texas, which is probably why I saw them growing up. I don’t think they were nearly as popular as Commodore or Apple, or even Tandy (another Texas company!)
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org yeah it’s 16-bit but using 8-bit interfacing chips most likely for cost reasons, similiar to what Sinclair would later do with the QL - and with similar speed tradeoffs.
I think of TI as a reliable chip company so it’s curious to me they couldn’t make this system more successful. A bunch of strangely insular decisions on software seems to be the main issue, and why it probably didn’t come close to the others in popularity.