Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (1981-1984)

 ✅ TI-99/4a 

The TI-99/4A, released in June 1981, was Texas Instruments’ highly successful attempt to fix their earlier computer models. Most notably, they replaced an incredibly unpopular, cheap rubber keyboard with a high-quality, typewriter-style keyboard. Armed with a powerful 16-bit processor, it could display complex, colorful moving graphics and digital objects that easily outmatched its rivals. The computer became a household name thanks to a massive television ad campaign and a brutal price war that saw its price plummet from $525 down to a dirt-cheap $99. To upgrade the machine, users had to plug accessories directly into the right side of the unit one after another, which quickly created a long, cluttered chain of plastic blocks that kids affectionately nicknamed "the train."

Donated by: Joseph Rodomista