cjy@ihuxi.UUCP (11/18/83)
For what its worth, the one place that I have found that carries some TI peripherals is Sears. They have a respectable disk package for around $500. Radio shack has had some printers on sale lately and one of their salesmen told me that some of them might interface to the 99/4A with the right cable. He claims also that it may not require an RS232 interface ( what does a salesman know? ). What I want to know is whether or not anyone has seen the next issue of 99'er HCM. I have been looking on the newstands for a copy and all I can find ( if I find a copy ) is the one with the wizard on the cover. I sure hope that the magazine continues because it is a good source of all kinds of tips plus lots of vendor ads. By the way, the magazine is NOT put out by TI. By the way, I would like to know why one is planning to expand the 99 if all you're going to do is simple programming. Since TI may not be around long, it may not pay to get stuff that cannot be used on other machines. My only peripheral is a tape recorder - sure its slow, but my kids don't mind. Oh yeah, it isn't TI's tape recorder. Chuck Young at ....ihnp4!ihuxi!cjy
stekas@hou2g.UUCP (11/19/83)
There's no doubt that $50 for the TI 99/4A is a steal, but
it might be the most frustrating investment imaginable for
someone who wants to get into home computing cheaply.
As is, the sum of the TI parts are greater than the whole.
Why don't some enterprising hardware hacks figure out how
I can slap one between my IBM-PC and TV to give me some slow,
low-res, but VERY cheap color graphics?
Jim