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As of mid-December, he said, TI was still producing consoles to meet contractual obligations. TI stopped taking new orders on the consoles when it announced that it was leaving the home computer business.
As of December, however, Campbell says, "we We haven't ceased manumanufacturing software." Although TI will not continue to produce software for a significant length of time, Campbell says, TI is engaged in negotiations with numerous companies interested in taking over production of the software. "The plan is to eventually get rid of it," Campbell says of software production. "We're making every attempt to get other vendors to continue to produce software before we phase out of it." He notes that about two-thirds of TI software was created by third party developers, and they are being offered the first shot at receiving the production rights from TI. As for Tl's toll-free telephone number-800-TI-CARES-Campbell says the company has no intention of discontinuing it. It's now operating six days a week, he says, and everyone who has ever worked on the line for TI has been called back to staff it. ''It's pretty well swamped with people wanting reassurance," Campbell says. The toll-free line is not designed exclusively for home computer users, Campbell says. It's also used by purchasers of calculators and other items sold by TI. Asked about a bid by the International 99/4 Users Group to take over the toll-free number, Campbell said, "They've talked to us about it." While Campbell maintains that TI isn't going to abandon users, it's apparent that the network of user groups that TI helped establish, has been orphaned by the company. Campbell indicated that the company will no longer offer support to
