I still have both the 74ALC and a CC-40. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't pick up...

OhMeadhbh 78 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The 8-Bit Era's Weird Uncle: The TI-99/4A

I still have both the 74ALC and a CC-40. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't pick up on how the 74 was essentially just a re-skinned CC-40 until about 10 years ago. You can apparently get a plug adapter for the 74 that lets you drive CC-40 peripherals (not that there are a lot of them around.)