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		twsted on Dec 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “WarGames” Magazine Identified One year later I got a TI99/4A, a modem and tried to emulate David. I was literally fascinated by the film, especially its first part.

nsxwolf on Dec 20, 2013 [–]

I bet you were using the Terminal Emulator II cartridge, which with the Speech Synthesizer attached could read you the text coming across, just like David does in the movie.

pmiller2 on Dec 21, 2013 | [–]

The Speech Synthesizer was the coolest thing about the TI99/4A. Well, that and Tunnels of Doom.

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