TI’s answer to the HP-41C

[Dave Britten]

I'd argue that the TI-99/4 was more what they intended to compete with the 41C. TI believed that personal computers were the better bet, and they wanted in with that market along with Apple, Atari, Commodore, etc. In a way, it seems like they were right, but HP kept their high-end-calculator niche for a long time regardless, and TI ended up back to doing more with calculators than personal computers by the '90s anyway.