TI’s answer to the HP-41C

[Gene]

Two other issues with the TI-88...

1) There was a chip problem with the "divide by 3" routine. That's what the load of documents say in an internal memo. I have no idea what that problem was, but it would have cost six months to fix and a ton of money.

2) The keyboard used for the TI-88 is the same one used for the original TI-55-II. That machine made it into production and the keyboard was so bad, TI replaced those models for the TI-55-III for years.

I do find it humorous that HP's introduction of the HP-75C, which was a rather unsuccessful product but that was not obvious at the time, was taken as confirmation by TI that they should not introduce a keystroke programmable but go the way the world was with BASIC.

Go figure. :-)