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title: Tomy Tutor MK II
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- Texas-Instrument TMS 9995NL
params:
name: Tutor MK II
image: /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor-mk2_3.jpg
company: /companies/tomy
company_name: Tomy
specs:
- label: NAME
value: Tutor MK II
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Tomy
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Japan
- label: YEAR
value: '1984'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: |-
GBasic + Tomy Basic\
Integrated software : Tomy Paint (paint program)
- label: KEYBOARD
value: QWERTY mechanical keyboard, 53 keys
- label: CPU
value: Texas-Instrument TMS 9995NL
- label: SPEED
value: 2,7 Mhz
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: 'Videochip : Texas-Instrument TMS 9918ANL'
- label: RAM
value: 16 kb (up to 64 kb)
- label: VRAM
value: 16 kb
- label: ROM
value: 32 kb (including TOMY Basic, GBASIC, and graphic software)
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 32 x 24 in 16 colors
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: |-
256 x 192 in 16 colors\
4 unicolor sprites
- label: COLORS
value: '16'
- label: SOUND
value: 3 channels (2 music, 1 noise), 8 octaves
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 36 x 24 cm
- label: I/O PORTS
value: |-
Joystick port (9-pin DSUB, but not Atari compatible)\
RF output\
Video composite/Audio outputs\
I/O port\
Cartridge slot\
5-DIN plug for tape-recorder
- label: PRICE
value: 29,800¥, approximately US$110 (Japan, 84)
tabs:
- photos
- hardware
- software
- emulators
- links
forum_thread: 365
photos:
- title: TOMY TUTOR MK II
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Too serious... I want the pink space bar back !
Picture courtesy of Junya Kubota
image: /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor_mk2_2.jpg
- title: THE WHOLE TUTOR FAMILY
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Tomy Tutor, Tutor MKII and Tutor Jr game system
Picture courtesy of Junya Kubota
image: /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor_famille.jpg
hardware:
- title: JOYSTICK
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The Tomy Tutor serial Joystick \[9-pin plug, two fire buttons\]
Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_joysticks.jpg
- title: TAPE-RECORDER
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Tomy Tutor Tape recorder \[600 baud interface - 5-pin DIN plug at rear of computer\]
Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_tape.jpg
- title: CARTS & CONTROLLERS
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Tomy Tutor, carts and controllers
Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_carts-joysticks.jpg
- title: SOME VAPORWARE EXTENSIONS ?
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The vapourware Tomy expansions:
\- The 5"1/4 diskdrive\
\- The printer\
\- The big box under the tutor might be the the RAM expansion (+48k)\
\- The little black box before the diskdrive might be the speech synthesizer...
These devices seem to have never been released...
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_perifs.jpg
- title: 'PICTURE #1'
subtitle: ''
text: This addon is used to play special 3D games. It is connected to the expansion port and then the 3D game cartridge must be inserted in this module cartridge slot.
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3daddon_1.jpg
- title: INTERFACE CONNECTOR
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_2.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE SLOT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_3.jpg
- title: SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_4.jpg
- title: TAPE-RECORDER PLUG
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Cameron Kaiser for this picture
image: /media/museum/hardware/tomy_taperecorder_cable.gif
screenshots:
- title: BOMBMAN
subtitle: Box
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_bombman_box.jpg
- title: SOME CARTRIDGES
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_carts_2.jpg
- title: MAHJONG
subtitle: Box
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_mahjong_box.jpg
- title: SOME GAME ILLUSTRATIONS
subtitle: ''
text: Pictures courtesy of Junya Kubota
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_games.jpg
- title: MORE GAME BOXES
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_more-carts.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_frogger_cart.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_jungler_cart.jpg
- title: BOX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy-tutor_jungler_box.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_marine-adventure_cart.jpg
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_mission-attack_cart.jpg
- title: BOX
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This game is to be used with 3D addon (see Hardware section)
Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_rescue-copter-3d_box.jpg
- title: BOX - BACK
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_rescue-copter-3d_box_rear.jpg
- title: STARTUP SCREEN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_startup_screen.gif
- title: JAPANESE STARTUP SCREEN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_pyuta.gif
- title: A DRAWING...
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_manual.gif
- title: POOYAN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_pooyan.gif
- title: HYPERSPACE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_hyperspace.gif
- title: TOMY PAINT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_tomypaint.gif
- title: JAPANESE TOMY PAINT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_tomypaintjap.gif
- title: BOMBMAN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_bombman.gif
- title: DON PAN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_donpan.gif
- title: MONSTER INN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_monsterinn.gif
- title: MR DO
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_mrdo.gif
- title: SCRAMBLE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_scramble1.gif
- title: SCRAMBLE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_scramble2.gif
- title: TORPEDO TERROR
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_torpedo_terror.gif
- title: SAURUS LAND
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_saurusland.gif
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_traffic-jam_cart.jpg
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_trafficjam.gif
- title: CARTRIDGE
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_triple-command_cart.jpg
emulators:
- title: ePyuTa
url: http://www1.interq.or.jp/t-takeda/
platform: Windows
text: TOMY PyuTa / PyuTa Jr. emulator by great TAKEDA Toshiya
- title: The Tutty Emulator
url: http://retrobits.com/tomy/
platform: Other platform
text: For Commodore 64 !
- title: MESS universal emulator
url: HTTP://WWW.MESS.ORG
platform: Multiplatform
text: Also emulates the Tomy Tutor series.
links:
- title: Japanese site about the Pyuuta
url: http://www3.wind.ne.jp/toragiku/kopa/pyuta.htm
text: ''
- title: The Little Orphan Tomy Tutor
url: http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/
text: Everything about the Tutor !
- title: TI-99 Forever!
url: http://www.ti99.com/
text: This site has a detailed page about the Tomy Tutor
- title: Tomy Homepage
url: http://www.tomy.com/
text: Official Tomy site...nothing about the Tutor (?)
related:
- /museum/tomy-tutor-pyuuta
oc_id: 363
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230322104758/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=363
date: '2023-03-22'
---
Well I don't know much things about this one. It seems that the only thing that differs from the [Tomy Tutor](/museum/tomy-tutor-pyuuta/) is the keyboard. Now there is a real keyboard, all white. So the funky pink space bar has disapeared, booo :o(
It seems too that this model was only sold in Japan for a short time in 1984, one year after the release of its young brother the Pyutta "1".
If you want to know more about this rare machine, please read the description of the [Pyuuta/Tomy Tutor](/museum/tomy-tutor-pyuuta/).