- wavynavy 246 days agoMy 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 246 days agoNo Data Recorder, I assume?
- wavynavy 244 days agoNo. 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 244 days agoThe 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