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7/16/2025, 6:43:20 PM
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TI-99/4A was not a flop, they nearly sold 3 millions of computers. The issue was that they were losing hundreds of dollars on each sold machine, as Texas Instruments were constantly bullied by Commodore to drop the price lower and lower to compete with VIC-20 and then C64. They were planning to release a next gen computer, but pulled the plug on the whole 99 ecosystem before it was ready. Eventually the tech was sold to Tomy, the toy manufacturer, and released as Tomy Tutor.
TI-99/4A was not a flop, they nearly sold 3 millions of computers. The issue was that they were losing hundreds of dollars on each sold machine, as Texas Instruments were constantly bullied by Commodore to drop the price lower and lower to compete with VIC-20 and then C64. They were planning to release a next gen computer, but pulled the plug on the whole 99 ecosystem before it was ready. Eventually the tech was sold to Tomy, the toy manufacturer, and released as Tomy Tutor.
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