VicViper Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I was just reading the wiki article for the Tomy Tutor, and it said it was very similar to a TI99-4/A, how true is this? Would it be possible to port games from one to the other in a way similar to MSX and Coleco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/ti-vs-tomy.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Seems to me if it were easy, we'd have seen ports to the 99/4A a long time ago. Some good games to be had on that Tomy Tutor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicViper Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/ti-vs-tomy.htmlthat's a great read on the subject, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The Tomy games hook into the OS for a lot of their routines, so you actually have to port the OS and the game together. Barry Boone did this for the US Tomy games many years ago and ported them over to the Geneve. I consulted with him a while back and used his methods to port a lot of the Tomy Pyuuta games over as well--but they only run on the Geneve. The Tomy's GPL language is intended to run on a TMS-9995, so you have to do a bit of translation there too if you want to try and port to a 99/4A. It would probably not be a trivial change once you factor in the memory requirements. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I consulted with him a while back and used his methods to port a lot of the Tomy Pyuuta games over as well--but they only run on the Geneve. And why don't I know about them? Wanna see! :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 And why don't I know about them? Wanna see! :-) http://ftp.whtech.com/Geneve/tomy%20tutor%20games/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Interesting timing on this topic. Sparkdrummer just demo’d his Tomy Tutor at this month’s VAST meeting. Attendance was 100% with everyone showing up to our 9am donut shop gathering. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Edited January 10, 2018 by Airshack 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Lots of fun games with interesting colors available. Mostly arcade game clones with a few strange originals thrown in. I especially liked the pain-free color coordinated joystick. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) While looking at these shots I see the same 24*32 tile grid. Same TMS9918A. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Edited January 10, 2018 by Airshack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Everything about the keyboard was superior to my original TI-99/4 calculator key/overlay style keyboard. The cursor keys at the top right of the Tomy keyboard are a significant advantage. Edited January 10, 2018 by Airshack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 While looking at these shots I see the same 24*32 tile grid. Same TMS9918A. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It is a 9918. I replaced the VDP in my US Tutor with an F18A. This also allowed me to replace the failed powersupply with a picoPSU. Except that the cartridge port no longer get -5v. The joysticks are 2 button, and like the TI use a single plug for both players. The cartridge port has the same dimensions to physically accept a TI cart shell. You can build RAM and eprom carts now... Thanks to Tanam.. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tanam/touch/20170327/1490647882 -M@ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Such a beautiful computer... wow.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Not forgetting this version. http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-pyuuta.htm#page=models 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Is this the "Pyuuta"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 That is a Pyuuta Jr. The regular Pyuuta looks just like a Tutor, except the keys are in Kanji script. Then there is the Pyuuta MkII, which has a regular keyboard, but otherwise looks like a Tutor. There are internal differences between all of the Japanese models and the Tutor, but all will mostly run the same software (the GBASIC in the Pyuuta is a bit different, but once you get to the MkII, it is the same as the US version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) I Follow the Tomy Totor Scene also. It is a really nice computer. here my configuration in Italy (year 2015) where TI-99 Italian User Club has been present to the "Brusaporto Retrocomputing" exposition. i'd like to add two interesting links also: - TI Scramble from TI99 to Tomy Tutor (the our TI Scramble developed by Rasmus) http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tanam/20170415/1492218987 and also an interesting active group on yahoo: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tomytutor/info Edited January 10, 2018 by ti99iuc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Here are picks of the dev carts from Tanam... left to right, clockwise: 8K RAM + 24K ROM, 32K ROM, 16K ROM multi bank w/jumpers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Cool ! i would like to have them have you a contact please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The green boards I bought from tanam. http://atariage.com/forums/user/44990-tanam1972/ Kind of funny, he shipped them to me in the same anti-static bag that my 32k sideport board was shipped to him in. The kicad projects were on his website for the purple one, so I had that made at OSHPark, and it works on my US Tutor. The green ones require the Japanese cartridge port. So it doesn't work on my US Tutor. Luckily I have a MkII to keep me moving... I was trying to find the kicad projects he had on his blog... This is challenging as my Japanese is... non-existent... I would like to be done with other projects, so I can move on to things like modifying the US Tutor cartridge port to support this. Or building an external adapter like what used to be sold. And build a real keyboard for my US Tutor, cause mine is dead. And... document the OS ROM like TI-Intern, but I'm just learning assembly... -M@ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I had to revise the board descriptions in the earlier post... after digging around on Tanam's blog, I believe the board with 8K RAM uses 24K ROM. -M@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 That was a fun meeting - especially showing James something he had never seen before. I am still looking for a LOCO-MOTION cart - or a multicart for the machine would work... James and I have fun at these meetings - and we usually always attract some attention from coffee/donut hounds. Probably in March I'll be showing James my Fairchild Channel F collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 - TI Scramble from TI99 to Tomy Tutor (the our TI Scramble developed by Rasmus) http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tanam/20170415/1492218987 That's interesting. I guess converting from TI to Tomy is generally easier than the other way around. Especially with games not using stuff like KSCAN, ISR and GPL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanam1972 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi I've made RAM & ROM Cartridge for Original Pyuuta. You can play on ePyuta now. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tanam/20171230/1514598212 TINY BASIC Pitfall! Door Door tanam 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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