TI "IQ" TEST
Test your skills on your TI knowledge! Fill out the test, submit it, and see how well you did! 10 questions to thrill and amaze you!
1. What does the "40" represent in in the name: TI Compact Computer 40?
How many hours it would run on a fresh set of batteries.
How many characters the display could show without scrolling.
The amount of ROM in kilobytes.
No one really knows!
2. In what year did MICROpendium start it's publication (then known as Home Computer Compendium)
1983
1984
1985
1986
3. What year did Texas Instruments start shipping the TI-99/4?
1978
1979
1980
1983
4. For a while TI would give you a FREE! Speech Synthesizer when you purchased a certain amount of command modules. How many did you have to buy?
3
4
5
6
5. How much 16-bit RAM came standard with the TI-99/4A?
16 bytes
256 bytes
16K
32K
6. On the TI-99/4A how many sprites could be displayed on the screen at the same time?
16
24
32
48
7. What was the month and year that TI announced that they were going to discontinue the TI-99/4A and leave the home computer business?
January 1982
March 1983
October 1983
January 1984
8. The TMS9901 chip, which is located on the TI-99s motherboard is the _________ .
Sound Chip
Programmable System Interface Chip
Video Display Processor Chip
Clock Generator Chip
9. A very noted author and writer this person wrote many articles on the TI-99 and for a while, was known only as "REGENA". What was this persons real name?
Bill Cosby
Cheryl Whitelaw
Margot Walker
Kathy O'brien
10. What was the name of the TI computer that was supposed to go head to head with the Sinclair/Timex 1000, but was never released due to the price dropping on the TI-99/4A?
TI-99/5
TI-99/4C
TI-99/2
TI-99/7
