Forgotten Innovations: The Unseen Legacy of the TI-99/4A
The TI-99/4A looked like a beige toy. Under the lid it was quietly ambitious: a 16‑bit CPU, a discrete video co‑processor, ROM‑based GROMs and a speech module that made machines talk. This post traces the machine's lesser-known innovations and how they quietly shaped later hardware and the modern retro‑dev renaissance.