The CC-40 has a single-line 31 character LCD display, weighs 600 grams (21 ounces) and is powered by an AC adapter or can operate for 200 hours on four AA batteries.

[2] A licensed version of the Exatron Stringy Floppy as a digital "Wafertape" unit depicted on the computer's box was only released as a prototype, reportedly because it proved too unreliable.

[4] "We believe this is a solutions machine [for] 30 million professionals and college students", a TI executive said in mid-1983.

Only one BASIC program at a time can reside in memory, and the user can only work with about 5200 bytes of that.

[7] In 1983, MicroKids magazine included the CC-40 on a list of "Top 10 Great Gift Ideas.

The programs were never released to the public due to the failure of the Hexbus Waftertape drive.

An improved model, the CC-40 Plus, was in the final stages of development and included a cassette port.

The project was canceled when Texas Instruments discontinued the 99/4A and exited the home computer market.