Re: Which 8-Bit system is "the most" gay ???

[hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu (Dr. Richard E. Hawkins)]

In article <QOE%a.1109$d6.79524@nasal.pacific.net.au>,
Marc Walters <ddmw@hunterlink.net.au> wrote:
>"Anders Carlsson" <anders.carlsson@mds.mdh.se> wrote in message
>k2g3cg3794e.fsf@legolas.mdh.se">news:k2g3cg3794e.fsf@legolas.mdh.se...
>> marc@objectconnections.com (Marc Walters) writes:


>> > The 6809 as used in the TI-99.

>> Admittingly I don't know the TI-99 as good as I wish I did, doesn't
>> it use TMS9900 and other TMS series chips all over?

>Sorry, yes, I meant the TMS9900. And specifically, its use in the TI99 home
>computers - a 16-bit CPU hobbled by the TI99's 8-bit system architecture.

That was only part of the hobbling.   More important was the "ROM is
cheaper than RAM, so we'll put the programs in ROM" leading to minimal
memory, which wasn't directly accessible at that.  On top of that was
that idiotic keyboard which prevented the 99 from being used as anything
but a toy (there was *no* key where the ; goes!), and it was doomed
beforeo it left the factory.

hawk
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