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After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor (9900 ti assembly) (oldvcr.blogspot.com | ia)
8 points by classichasclass 423 days ago | 4 comments
  • wavynavy 422 days ago
    My family had the Tomy Tutor as a kid, and it was pretty frustrating that I was unable to save the basic examples from the book or sprites that I spent hours designing on that awful keyboard. Without the internet, I had no idea what possibilities even existed. A few years later, we got an Apple IIe, which was a far more capable machine. Still, I found the background of this obscure machine very interesting.
    • classichasclass 422 days ago
      No Data Recorder, I assume?
      • wavynavy 421 days ago
        No. I don’t think it ever occurred to me to attach a cassette recorder. I should dig up the manual to see whether they had instructions on setting up a data recording device.
        • classichasclass 421 days ago
          The Pyuuta can use a regular tape deck, but the Tutor's Data Recorder is apparently "special" since I wasn't able to get it to accept an audio signal. The tape connector is very simple, just a 5-pin DIN terminating in 1/8" mono jacks, one for tape in and one for tape out. http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/hardware.html#tcable
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