Cattes in your computer?
More likely than you think.

#cats #basic #ti99 #pixelart

@cR0w Hey, that's a TI-99/4A ! That was my first computer.
#TI99_4a #ti #TI99

Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to type!

#RetroComputing #Ti99 #SoftwareGore

Ah, the TI-99/4A, the computer equivalent of a brick with a keypad. ๐Ÿงฑ๐Ÿ’ป An intrepid soul spends a year trying not to bash it with a hammer, only to conclude that #BASIC is as useful as a parachute made of lead. ๐Ÿช‚๐Ÿ”— Next up: pondering how many times one can rewrite "Hello World" before losing the will to live. ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ”„
https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/ti-99-4a-leaning-more-heavily-on-the-firmware/ #TI99 #4A #programming #retro #computing #nostalgia #humor #HackerNews #ngated
TI-99/4A: Leaning More Heavily on the Firmware

I kicked off last year with a look at the TI-99/4A home computer. Iโ€™d started out playing with BASIC and then moved on to translating some of those BASIC programs into machine language and itโ€ฆ

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TI-99/4A: Leaning More Heavily on the Firmware

I kicked off last year with a look at the TI-99/4A home computer. Iโ€™d started out playing with BASIC and then moved on to translating some of those BASIC programs into machine language and itโ€ฆ

Bumbershoot Software

UNIX99: A Unix-like OS for the TI-99. No multitasking (yet) but still some impressive features.

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380883-unix99-a-unix-like-os-for-the-ti-994a/

#ti99 #programming #unix #retrocomputing

UNIX For A Legacy TI

Although now mostly known as a company who cornered the market on graphing calculators while only updating them once a decade or so, there was a time when Texas Instruments was a major force in theโ€ฆ

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