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Published: March 13, 2006, 6:43 a.m.

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\nIt's not 8 bits, but it's retro.\xa0 And it talks...\n

Welcome to Show 035!\xa0 This week's Topic: The Texas Instruments 99/4A \nMicrocomputer!

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Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

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Use your old DOS PC as a Commodore hard drive.\xa0 How?\xa0\nWith 64HDD...
\nA 21st century recreation of a 1960s educational computer toy?\xa0 Now, that's \nretro!\xa0 Check out the\nDigiComp I v 2.0 \nfrom Minds-On Toys.
\nIf you're like me, and you think an Altair looked cooler than your modern-day \nLAN party case, have a look at the \nAltairPC project at Briel Computers.
\nCommodore 64 native code, cooked on a SuperCPU C64 or PC.\xa0 Interested?\xa0\nCheck out Slang, recently \nupdated!
\nWikipedia article on the TI \n99/4A - great info, as always.
\nAnother of my favorite sites, Old Computers Dot Com,\nwith their \ncoverage of the 99/4A.\xa0 Check out the forums.
\nAn early 80s\nreview \nof the 99/4A, from Creative Computing, on the Atari Magazines site.\xa0 \nCool!
\nWant to see some photos of the 99/4A, and it's various stuff?\xa0\nHere's a Flickr site that will \nget you hooked up.
\nThe TI 99/4A Tech Pages \n- bits, bytes, schematics, pinouts - it's all here!
\nThere are several emulators for the 99/4A, including the\nWin994a simulator.
\nThe excitement continues with an annual fair in Chicago - couldn't find a main \nsite, but there are \nvideos of the event for your viewing enjoyment.

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Thanks for listening!

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- Earl

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