I had a TI 99/4 when I was a kid. It was my first computer (although I used my friend's Apple ][ much more).
All I can say is, what a piece of garbage. It was horrible in every way, and it overheated if you left it on too long. SLOWEST BASIC EVER! On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 16:37, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 22:49, Fred Cisin via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > I think that it is truly tragic about the price gouging. > > Strongly agreed. > > The TI-99/4A wasn't a great computer, with foolish design compromises, > but it was driven out of the market by unfair pricing. > > The Amiga was a superior machine in almost every way to the Atari ST, > and should have been a bit more expensive -- I'm sure it was to > produce. But no, another price war. > > And so on. > > > A number of people have commented that computers were sold as if the > > exchange rate was 1:1! > > Yup. But that was probably me. A computer that sold for $1000 > > would be sold in UK for 1000 GBP! (the equivalent of $3000) > > Yup. A particular habit of Apple, to be fair, but not unique to them. > Also, the US cost of living is substantially cheaper -- e.g. gasoline. > > Today the average US price is €0.80 per litre. > EU average is about c€1.40 per litre. > > Source: > https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/USA/gasoline_prices/ > https://www.tolls.eu/fuel-prices > > > How much did the TRS80 sell for in UK? > > Which model? > > They were pretty rare here -- I don't think I ever saw a single one > anywhere outside Tandy store display units. > > > https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/5791/was-the-trs-80-model-1-ever-actually-sold-new-with-that-name > > Model I, 4K Level I: £385.25 > Model I, 16K Level II: £546.25 > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven • Skype: liamproven > UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702-829-053 > -- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: "The Future Begins Tomorrow" Visit us at: http://www.yoyodyne-propulsion.net -------- "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." -- Jonathan Swift
