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| Tomy Tutor |
| Released: | 1983 |
| Price: | US$380 |
| CPU: | TI TMS9995 CPU @10.7MHz (?) |
| RAM: | 16K, 64K max |
| Display: | 256 X 192 pixels |
| 32 X 24 text, 16 colors |
| Ports: | I/O bus, controller (joystick) |
| tape recorder, audio, video |
| RF (TV 3/4), cartridge port |
| Storage | cassette recorder |
| OS: | Tomy BASIC |
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The Tomy Tutor was more popular in its home country of Japan than in the other two countries where it was sold:
Japan - Tomy Pyuuta - 1982
The US - Tomy Tutor - 1983
The UK - Grandstand Tutor - 1983
The Tutor is not a clone of the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer from 1981,
but they have much in common - perhaps a cooperative effort?
The TI-99/4A utilizes the TMS-9900 CPU, while the Tutor and the never-released TI-99/2 computer both use the TMS-9995 CPU.
Both the 99/4A and Tutor have the same TMS-9918-A VDP (Video Display Processor).
Also, they share a similar cartridge scheme and external system ports; even the sound, graphics, and BASIC programming
language are similar.
Very minimalist design - the case is mostly empty, with a little re-work on the motherboard.
Not much inside the typical Tomy game cart, either. Just a single ROM chip with the game burned into it.
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