Tomy Tutor
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) |
| Media | ROM cartridge, cassette |
| Operating system | BASIC |
| CPU | TMS9995 |
| Memory | 20 KB ROM 16 KB RAM |
| Graphics | TMS9918 |
| Sound | SN76489AN |
| Weight | 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, 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. The computer was launched in Japan in 1982, and in the UK and the United States in the next year.