History of video games/Platforms/Texas Instruments TI-99/4A

History
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4 was released in 1979 at a cost of $1,150.

The improved Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was released in June 1981 at a cost of $525.

Despite costing less than $100 by fall of 1982, and by being promoted by then popular comedian Bill Cosby, the TI-99/4A was severely challenged in the market by fierce competition in the low end segment, and by the video game crash of 1983.

Production of the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A ended in 1984 with about 2.5 million systems sold.

Compute
The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A is powered by the 16-bit TMS9900 processor clocked at three megahertz.

A TMS 9918 or TMS 9929 handles video processing.

The TI-99/4A has 16 kilobytes of RAM and 16 kilobytes of video RAM.

Hardware
The TI-99/4A has 26 kilobytes of ROM.