[sdiy] Moog SL-8

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

On Apr 13, 2017, at 11:16 PM, Michael Zacherl <sdiy-mz01 at blauwurf.info> wrote:
> On 14.Apr 2017, at 5:33 , w.james.meagher at gmail.com wrote:
>> http://bitleymusic.blogspot.ca/?m=1
> 
> I find that statement confusing (maybe just me):
> "The SL-8 was based upon the TI 99/4 16 bit microcomputer and the SW development was done on the TMS 9900 development system."
> 
> IMHO it’s the other way round, no?

When he says, "based upon the TI 99/4 16 bit microcomputer," I assume what he means is, "based upon the same MCU chip as used in the popular TI 99/4 product."

I also assume that there was a real TMS 9900 development system available from Texas Instruments. At least I hope they didn't expect companies who designed around their chip to use a toy computer with a 40-column all-caps display. Besides, what do you think TI used when designing the TI 99/4 product itself? There must have been a commercial development system for the TMS 9900. God, I hope so.

Caveat: I was entrenched in the MOS Tech / Rockwell / WDC 6502 world at the time. I have no first-hand knowledge of the Texas Instruments TMS 9900.

Brian