 Tomy Tutor with controllers | |
| Also known as | Grandstand Tutor (UK) Pyūta (ぴゅう太) (Japan) |
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| Developer | Tomy |
| Manufacturer | Matsushita |
| Release date | 1982 |
| Introductory price | ¥59,800 ¥29,800 (Pyūta Jr.) ¥19,800 (Pyūta mk2) |
| Discontinued | 1985 |
| Units shipped | 120,000 (in Japan)[1] |
| Media | ROM cartridge, cassette |
| Operating system | BASIC |
| CPU | TMS9995 |
| Memory | 20 KB ROM 16 KB RAM |
| Graphics | TMS9918 |
| Sound | SN76489AN |
| Mass | 1.7 kilograms (3.7 lb) |
| Successor | Pyuta mk-II |
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]
- ^ "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.
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ycwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ TI-vs-Tomy, Floodgap.com
- ^ "Tomy Tutor computer". oldcomputers.net. Retrieved 2018-10-27.