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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Tomy Tutor MK II	Computers	Home Computer	Japan	1984	Texas-Instrument TMS 9995NL	name image company company_name specs tabs photos hardware screenshots emulators links comments related oc_id source Tutor MK II /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor-mk2_3.jpg /companies/tomy Tomy label value NAME Tutor MK II label value MANUFACTURER Tomy label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE GBasic + Tomy Basic\ Integrated software : Tomy Paint (paint program) label value KEYBOARD QWERTY mechanical keyboard, 53 keys label value CPU Texas-Instrument TMS 9995NL label value SPEED 2,7 Mhz label value CO-PROCESSOR Videochip : Texas-Instrument TMS 9918ANL label value RAM 16 kb (up to 64 kb) label value VRAM 16 kb label value ROM 32 kb (including TOMY Basic, GBASIC, and graphic software) label value TEXT MODES 32 x 24 in 16 colors label value GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 192 in 16 colors\ 4 unicolor sprites label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND 3 channels (2 music, 1 noise), 8 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 36 x 24 cm label value I/O PORTS 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 value PRICE 29,800¥, approximately US$110 (Japan, 84) photos hardware software emulators links title subtitle text image TOMY TUTOR MK II Too serious... I want the pink space bar back ! Picture courtesy of Junya Kubota /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor_mk2_2.jpg title subtitle text image THE WHOLE TUTOR FAMILY The Tomy Tutor, Tutor MKII and Tutor Jr game system Picture courtesy of Junya Kubota /media/museum/photos/tomy_tutor_famille.jpg title subtitle text image JOYSTICK The Tomy Tutor serial Joystick [9-pin plug, two fire buttons] Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_joysticks.jpg title subtitle text image TAPE-RECORDER Tomy Tutor Tape recorder [600 baud interface - 5-pin DIN plug at rear of computer] Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_tape.jpg title subtitle text image CARTS & CONTROLLERS Tomy Tutor, carts and controllers Picture courtesy of Cameron Kaiser /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_carts-joysticks.jpg title subtitle text image SOME VAPORWARE EXTENSIONS ? 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... /media/museum/hardware/tomy_tutor_perifs.jpg title subtitle text image PICTURE #1 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. /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3daddon_1.jpg title subtitle text image INTERFACE CONNECTOR Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_2.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE SLOT Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_3.jpg title subtitle text image SIDE Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture /media/museum/hardware/tomy_pyuuta_3d-addon_4.jpg title subtitle text image TAPE-RECORDER PLUG Thanks to Cameron Kaiser for this picture /media/museum/hardware/tomy_taperecorder_cable.gif title subtitle text image BOMBMAN Box /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_bombman_box.jpg title subtitle text image SOME CARTRIDGES /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_carts_2.jpg title subtitle text image MAHJONG Box /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_mahjong_box.jpg title subtitle text image SOME GAME ILLUSTRATIONS Pictures courtesy of Junya Kubota /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_games.jpg title subtitle text image MORE GAME BOXES /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_more-carts.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_frogger_cart.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_jungler_cart.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/software/tomy-tutor_jungler_box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_marine-adventure_cart.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_mission-attack_cart.jpg title subtitle text image BOX This game is to be used with 3D addon (see Hardware section) Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_rescue-copter-3d_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX - BACK /media/museum/software/tomy_pyuuta_rescue-copter-3d_box_rear.jpg title subtitle text image STARTUP SCREEN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_startup_screen.gif title subtitle text image JAPANESE STARTUP SCREEN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_pyuta.gif title subtitle text image A DRAWING... /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_manual.gif title subtitle text image POOYAN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_pooyan.gif title subtitle text image HYPERSPACE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_hyperspace.gif title subtitle text image TOMY PAINT /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_tomypaint.gif title subtitle text image JAPANESE TOMY PAINT /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_tomypaintjap.gif title subtitle text image BOMBMAN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_bombman.gif title subtitle text image DON PAN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_donpan.gif title subtitle text image MONSTER INN /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_monsterinn.gif title subtitle text image MR DO /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_mrdo.gif title subtitle text image SCRAMBLE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_scramble1.gif title subtitle text image SCRAMBLE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_scramble2.gif title subtitle text image TORPEDO TERROR /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_torpedo_terror.gif title subtitle text image SAURUS LAND /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_saurusland.gif title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_traffic-jam_cart.jpg title subtitle text image SCREENSHOT /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_trafficjam.gif title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE /media/museum/software/tomy_tutor_triple-command_cart.jpg title url platform text ePyuTa http://www1.interq.or.jp/t-takeda/ Windows TOMY PyuTa / PyuTa Jr. emulator by great TAKEDA Toshiya title url platform text The Tutty Emulator http://retrobits.com/tomy/ Other platform For Commodore 64 ! title url platform text MESS universal emulator HTTP://WWW.MESS.ORG Multiplatform Also emulates the Tomy Tutor series. title url text Japanese site about the Pyuuta http://www3.wind.ne.jp/toragiku/kopa/pyuta.htm title url text The Little Orphan Tomy Tutor http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/ Everything about the Tutor ! title url text TI-99 Forever! http://www.ti99.com/ This site has a detailed page about the Tomy Tutor title url text Tomy Homepage http://www.tomy.com/ Official Tomy site...nothing about the Tutor (?) author date text Ksarul Sunday 1st February 2015 I have a pair of Pyuuta Mk IIs. As noted, the keyboard is not the same as the US Tutor''s. That is not the only difference, however. The Tutor has two ROMs: one for the OS (including GBASIC) and one for BASIC. Only the first ROM is present in the Mk II. There is a cartridge (BASIC1) that adds this ROM to the Mk II so that it ends up being just like a US Tutor, but it doesn''t come that way out of the box. There is also a printer interface for it that plugs into the expansion port at the back (this can connect to standard Centronics-style parallel printers using the included cable). author date text Mark (USA) Friday 18th July 2014 There''''s an interesting site about TMS99xx stuff : http://www.avjd51.dsl.pipex.com/ Has quite a lot of stuff on the TI TMS9900/TMS9995 hardware including a breadboard self-build computer based on the TMS9995 Well worth a look ! /museum/tomy-tutor-pyuuta 363 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230322104758/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=363 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 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.