Tomy Tutor

Tomy Tutor
Tomy Tutor with controllers
Also known asGrandstand Tutor (UK)
Pyūta (ぴゅう太) (Japan)
DeveloperTomy
ManufacturerMatsushita
Release date1982 (1982)
Introductory price¥59,800
¥29,800 (Pyūta Jr.)
¥19,800 (Pyūta mk2)
Discontinued1985
Units shipped120,000 (in Japan)[1]
MediaROM cartridge, cassette
Operating systemBASIC
CPUTMS9995
Memory20 KB ROM
16 KB RAM
GraphicsTMS9918
SoundSN76489AN
Mass1.7 kilograms (3.7 lb)
SuccessorPyuta mk-II
The inside of the Tutor

The Tomy Tutor, originally sold in Japan as the Pyūta (ぴゅう太) and in the UK as the Grandstand Tutor,[2] is a home computer produced by the Japanese toymaker Tomy. It is architecturally similar, but not identical, to the TI-99/4A, and uses a similar Texas Instruments TMS9900 16-bit CPU.[3] The computer was launched in Japan in 1982, and in the UK and the United States in the next year.[4]

  1. ^ "トミー、3万円割るパソコン『ぴゅう太-MK2』を発売。" [Tomy released the personal computer "Pyuta-MK2" that breaks ¥30,000] (in Japanese). Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun. 30 May 1984. p. 14.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference yc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ TI-vs-Tomy, Floodgap.com
  4. ^ "Tomy Tutor computer". oldcomputers.net. Retrieved 2018-10-27.