๐บ๐ธ Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40 (CC-40): Part 1
24A quick first look at the TI CC-40, donated by @MrWaalkman.
{Original unboxing here: https://youtu.be/sF0_vyK3ykc}
The main problem with "used" CC-40s on ebay is that, if they've had their batteries left in them, the display will usually be broken. This machine is "new-old-stock" so just works.
It's a bit of an orphan machine as its proposed permanent storage system, the Wafertape, was never officially released.
Demo video of a Wafertape drive by @acadiel here:
https://youtu.be/uLyEyoJH-0Q
It does have some software released on 32KByte ROM cartridges, but that's about it.
It has a 2x4 interface called HexBus ... naturally.
The TI-74 BASICALC was a more successful follow-up - it uses a different interface called DockBus but it is possible to interwork between HexBus and DockBus pretty simply:
https://store.go4retro.com/texas-instruments/ti-hexbus-dockbus-converter/
... or ...
https://github.com/go4retro/HexBusAdapter
See another one of @acadiel's videos for an example:
https://youtu.be/bXKKEuF6Pio