Hi,
For many Tomy items of great rarity you check eBay store of Loose Logic:
http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=32225823&ssPageName=L2

Seriously, the seller is from Japan and sells many Japanese items for
all video games.  He has quite a few Tomy items up under the Tomy Pyu-ta
(Tutor) page but they are definately not inexpensive.  But if you are a
serious collecter he may have an item you need to complete your
collection.  Right now he has a Tomy Pyu-ta JP video game, an expansion
connector for it, and several Tomy Tutors including one for a min bid of
$49.95.  He also has numerous games for sale.  Just be sure to keep in
mind the cost of shipping from Japan can be a bit more.

I just lost my job (and benefits) so I'm really tapped out right now.
I'd love to get the Mahjongg game.  I have versions of Mahjongg for
almost every system I own as well as over 50 versions for the PC.  As
you can tell it's my favorite game.

Anyway, I hope someone can benefit from this info.  I have no connection
with the auctions or the seller, it just popped up on my Tomy Tutor
saved search from eBay tonight.
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Yes, there are some interesting Tomy Pyyuta items.. I am not sure
I'll be bidding either.  The good times of the 1990's are over..  :(





--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Davey Brain <dsbrain@n...> wrote:
> Hi,
> For many Tomy items of great rarity you check eBay store of Loose
Logic:
> http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=32225823&ssPageName=L2
>
> Seriously, the seller is from Japan and sells many Japanese items
for
> all video games.  He has quite a few Tomy items up under the Tomy
Pyu-ta
> (Tutor) page but they are definately not inexpensive.  But if you
are a
> serious collecter he may have an item you need to complete your
> collection.  Right now he has a Tomy Pyu-ta JP video game, an
expansion
> connector for it, and several Tomy Tutors including one for a min
bid of
> $49.95.  He also has numerous games for sale.  Just be sure to
keep in
> mind the cost of shipping from Japan can be a bit more.
>
> I just lost my job (and benefits) so I'm really tapped out right
now.
> I'd love to get the Mahjongg game.  I have versions of Mahjongg
for
> almost every system I own as well as over 50 versions for the PC.
As
> you can tell it's my favorite game.
>
> Anyway, I hope someone can benefit from this info.  I have no
connection
> with the auctions or the seller, it just popped up on my Tomy
Tutor
> saved search from eBay tonight.
> --
> Davey Brain
> dsbrain@NOSPAM!neosplice.com or
> dsbrain2001@y...!com
>
> "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth" -
John F.
> Kennedy
>
> Gigabyte 7VKML AMD Athlon 1700XP+ Savage 4 AGP 4X 32M
> This eCS 1.1 system uptime is 0 days 13 hrs 28 mins and 13 secs

...I haven't quite lost my job (figure I'm good 'til the end of
January).  But I did lose my storage area!  I'm going to have to get
rid of some of the old computers I'm least likely to be playing with,
and I don't get to buy any more :(

I wonder if Cameron would like all my TI junk (and when I say junk, I
mean old junk bought on E-Bay).

HI all,
I'm selling my TOMY TUTOR on EBAY for anyone that's interested...

> I wonder if Cameron would like all my TI junk (and when I say junk, I
> mean old junk bought on E-Bay).

What "junk" specifically? Mail me off list (I'm back from vacation).

Incidentally, allow me to share my joy --- my Pyuuta Mark II is in my
possession! WAHOO! No manual, but the box and the unit is in fabulous
condition, and it came with the controllers as well. I'll try to sit
down and fire it up tomorrow sometime.

The keyboard alone is an improvement over the Pyuuta and the Tutor :-)

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Looking forward to seeing an update on your website, with all the
new goodies...



--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@f...>
wrote:
> > I wonder if Cameron would like all my TI junk (and when I say
junk, I
> > mean old junk bought on E-Bay).
>
> What "junk" specifically? Mail me off list (I'm back from
vacation).
>
> Incidentally, allow me to share my joy --- my Pyuuta Mark II is in
my
> possession! WAHOO! No manual, but the box and the unit is in
fabulous
> condition, and it came with the controllers as well. I'll try to
sit
> down and fire it up tomorrow sometime.
>
> The keyboard alone is an improvement over the Pyuuta and the
Tutor :-)
>
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Group ------------

I finally got the Pyuuta Mark II up for testing on the workbench. The Mac's
TV tuner required a little coaxing to accept Japanese NTSC cable frequency
(it has no composite out ... ?!) and the Mac was still spitting out tonnes
of RFI, but I could see enough of the picture.

Good news: the machine (mostly) works (see Bad news). The ROMs are identical
to the American Tutor firmware, version 2.3, which jives with my original
information on the PM2. It accepts all of my American cartridges, although I
haven't plugged a Japanese one in it yet to test its character support. I'll
do that tonight.

The keyboard is *soooo* much better. MOD and MON are in logical places, even.
The only downer is that the cursor controls are still weirdly located
although it is a definite improvement. It feels like a shallow CoCo keyboard
to me, but that's not really a bad thing.

Bad news: the BASIC ROM seems to be farked. I can't get into BASIC from the
MONitor or from the MENU; I get the green screen, and then it unexpectedly
cold-reboots itself. This might be repairable though because since it
looks like the firmware is identical, I should be able to cannibalize a
BASIC ROM from a working (or at least a partially working one ... would hate
to do this to a fully functional Tutor) Tutor and get this in 100% working
order.

Power supply and connectors seem fully operational.

Whee, now all I need is a Grandstand Tutor and a Pyuuta Jr :-) does anyone
else out there have a Pyuuta Mark II? Or a Grandstand or a Junior?

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There was recently a Pyuuta JR on ebay from the seller loose logic..
But you might of been out of town...



--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@f...>
wrote:
> I finally got the Pyuuta Mark II up for testing on the workbench.
The Mac's
> TV tuner required a little coaxing to accept Japanese NTSC cable
frequency
> (it has no composite out ... ?!) and the Mac was still spitting
out tonnes
> of RFI, but I could see enough of the picture.
>
> Good news: the machine (mostly) works (see Bad news). The ROMs are
identical
> to the American Tutor firmware, version 2.3, which jives with my
original
> information on the PM2. It accepts all of my American cartridges,
although I
> haven't plugged a Japanese one in it yet to test its character
support. I'll
> do that tonight.
>
> The keyboard is *soooo* much better. MOD and MON are in logical
places, even.
> The only downer is that the cursor controls are still weirdly
located
> although it is a definite improvement. It feels like a shallow
CoCo keyboard
> to me, but that's not really a bad thing.
>
> Bad news: the BASIC ROM seems to be farked. I can't get into BASIC
from the
> MONitor or from the MENU; I get the green screen, and then it
unexpectedly
> cold-reboots itself. This might be repairable though because since
it
> looks like the firmware is identical, I should be able to
cannibalize a
> BASIC ROM from a working (or at least a partially working one ...
would hate
> to do this to a fully functional Tutor) Tutor and get this in 100%
working
> order.
>
> Power supply and connectors seem fully operational.
>
> Whee, now all I need is a Grandstand Tutor and a Pyuuta Jr :-)
does anyone
> else out there have a Pyuuta Mark II? Or a Grandstand or a Junior?
>
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------------

> There was recently a Pyuuta JR on ebay from the seller loose logic..
> But you might of been out of town...

Drat! Did anyone here pick it up?

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--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@f...> wrote:
> > There was recently a Pyuuta JR on ebay from the seller loose
logic..
> > But you might of been out of town...
>
> Drat! Did anyone here pick it up?
>
I tried to get it, but I was outbid.  It sold for well over $200.  I
DID get Battlefighter and Athletic Land, so now I only need four of
the 26 Japanese cartridges to have a complete set (with some
doubles).  I also won an interesting oddity, a commercial TOMY
cassette with two programs on it: MSLZ and UFO1.  I got the tape
yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.
Unfortunately for me, the instructions are completely in Japanese, a
language I can't read (yet).

Jim

> I also won an interesting oddity, a commercial TOMY
> cassette with two programs on it: MSLZ and UFO1.  I got the tape
> yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.
> Unfortunately for me, the instructions are completely in Japanese, a
> language I can't read (yet).

If you need help with the translation, let me know. I need to get back
to my Japanese cartridge collection myself :)

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Hi All
  Looking for an operationg( owner's ) Manual for the Tomy. Has anyone
scanned a manual to put in the files ? Any information greatly
appreciated.
                     Adrian

vortexamjk wrote thusly:
>  Hi All
>  Looking for an operationg( owner's ) Manual for the Tomy. Has anyone
> scanned a manual to put in the files ? Any information greatly
> appreciated.
>                     Adrian

If I had the manual it would be at my website with the MC-10 and
Aquarious manuals <http://www.neosplice.com/~dsbrain/retro/dl.htm>  but
I don't have a copy.  I am also anxious to get it.  So if anyone has it
in text, HTML or pre-5.0 PDF format I'd like to know also.
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Kennedy

Gigabyte 7VKML AMD Athlon 1700XP+ Savage 4 AGP 4X 32M
This eCS-OS/2 system uptime is 0 days 22 hrs 59 mins and 18 secs

Found another Tutor on eBay:
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3058316286&ssPageName=ADME:B\
:SS:US:1>

Not sold by me but might be a deal for someone needing a console.  HTH,
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Hi

I currently have a Tomy Tutor for auction on ebay. The system is in excellent
condition and has been fully tested. The auctions and some other retro
computings
items I'm selling can be found here:

http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/j0nstringer/

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks
John

> I ran across this site in another group pretty neat worth taking a
> look at:
>
> [url snipped]

Banned for spamming. Dead spammer. Die.

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> I currently have a Tomy Tutor for auction on ebay. The system is in
> excellent condition and has been fully tested. The auctions and some other
> retro computings items I'm selling can be found here:

Perhaps you or some of our other UK members could tell us if you've
ever run across a true Grandstand Tutor?

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--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, Cameron Kaiser <spectre@f...> wrote:
> > I currently have a Tomy Tutor for auction on ebay. The system is in
> > excellent condition and has been fully tested. The auctions and some other
> > retro computings items I'm selling can be found here:
>
> Perhaps you or some of our other UK members could tell us if you've
> ever run across a true Grandstand Tutor?
>
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> -- Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence. -- George Bernard Shaw
----

I've never come across one personally. Be interesting see what the system and
box
looks like.

Hello.
I came for greetings this day.
I am "LOOSE-LOGIC".
I live in Japan and exhibit PYU-TA ITEM at EBAY regularly.
However, I am a collector, too.
:)

I respect a lively active TUTOR(PYU-TA) collector very much.
I am devoted to document rearranging of PYU-TA currently, too.
I will print it in WEB several months later.
Thank you I ask.
I want to get to know with a lot of collector & players.

Because English is not a native language, as for me, English is very
clumsy.
Please please forgive it.
Thank you very much.
Masato.

PS

I put an advertisement of PYU-TA in an image folder.
Please please watch it
:)

Welcome to our group.. We are very pleased to have you here.


I think that many of us would like to locate more Pyuuta items, so
having you here is very cool.




I was wondering if you have ever come across Panasonic JR-200
computer items?

Thanks..

Swap











--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, "masato_ozaki" <masato_ozaki@y...>
wrote:
> Hello.
> I came for greetings this day.
> I am "LOOSE-LOGIC".
> I live in Japan and exhibit PYU-TA ITEM at EBAY regularly.
> However, I am a collector, too.
> :)
>
> I respect a lively active TUTOR(PYU-TA) collector very much.
> I am devoted to document rearranging of PYU-TA currently, too.
> I will print it in WEB several months later.
> Thank you I ask.
> I want to get to know with a lot of collector & players.
>
> Because English is not a native language, as for me, English is
very
> clumsy.
> Please please forgive it.
> Thank you very much.
> Masato.
>
> PS
>
> I put an advertisement of PYU-TA in an image folder.
> Please please watch it
> :)

--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, "masato_ozaki" <masato_ozaki@y...>
wrote:
> Hello.
> I came for greetings this day.
> I am "LOOSE-LOGIC".
> I live in Japan and exhibit PYU-TA ITEM at EBAY regularly.
> However, I am a collector, too.
> :)

Hi Masato, it is very good to see you made it to the group :-)

I am one of your regular buyers--and you always provide great service!

Jim Fetzner
>
> I respect a lively active TUTOR(PYU-TA) collector very much.
> I am devoted to document rearranging of PYU-TA currently, too.
> I will print it in WEB several months later.
> Thank you I ask.
> I want to get to know with a lot of collector & players.
>
> Because English is not a native language, as for me, English is
very
> clumsy.
> Please please forgive it.

No Problem Masato--my Japanese would be much worse!

> Thank you very much.
> Masato.
>

At 9:59 PM +0000 12/7/03, masato_ozaki wrote:
> I am "LOOSE-LOGIC".

Wow...  We finally see Loose-Logic outside of eBay!  :-)

> Because English is not a native language, as for me, English is
> very clumsy.  Please please forgive it.

Ii desu yo...   Boku no Nihongo wa jouzu ja nai...  Shikashi,
hajimemashita!
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> > Because English is not a native language, as for me, English is
> > very clumsy.  Please please forgive it.
>
> Ii desu yo...   Boku no Nihongo wa jouzu ja nai...  Shikashi,
> hajimemashita!

Hai! Loose-logic-san, yoroshiku o-negai shimasu! :)

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Hope you all have a merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year.

> Hope you all have a merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year.

May Pyuutas all be in your stockings.

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--- In tomytutor@yahoogroups.com, swap_and_shop <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hope you all have a merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year.

All are healthy and pray for pleasant Christmas!

Hi folks,

Just read that some of you was looking for some game roms.
I have found 7 so far (all of them where compressed in ARK
format). I manage to find a ARK decompressor and finally got
them in BIN format.

But what is curious is that there are either 35K or 77K, and
usually there are supposed to be 32K or 64K....very weird. I'm
no expert on dumping cartridges or developping softwares, so
i've put the 7 roms in the "Files" section so if someone can
do something about these.

So enjoy them!!!

At 7:14 AM +0000 1/12/04, slydc wrote:
> Just read that some of you was looking for some game roms.
> I have found 7 so far (all of them where compressed in ARK
> format). I manage to find a ARK decompressor and finally got
> them in BIN format.
>
> But what is curious is that there are either 35K or 77K, and
> usually there are supposed to be 32K or 64K....very weird. I'm
> no expert on dumping cartridges or developping softwares, so
> i've put the 7 roms in the "Files" section so if someone can
> do something about these.

If you look at carrace.bin with a hex editor, there's a bunch
of stuff about pizza in it.  Is that normal?

I have to admit that the sizes don't sound right, but there's
some apparent "header" info in the files that look "normal"
(like "TRAFFIC1" through "TRAFFIC5" in the Traffic Jam ROM.

But, there are also gaps full of spaces (see 3FC2 through 403B
for a big one), and the end of the files are a bunch of 00s.
Possibly these are bad dumps?
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> If you look at carrace.bin with a hex editor, there's a bunch
> of stuff about pizza in it.  Is that normal?

Yes, that's normal. The game has a portion where you're in a pizzeria
trying to do mathematics and geometry.

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At 7:22 AM -0800 1/15/04, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> If you look at carrace.bin with a hex editor, there's a bunch
>> of stuff about pizza in it.  Is that normal?

>Yes, that's normal. The game has a portion where you're in a pizzeria
>trying to do mathematics and geometry.

Okay, I kind of thought that rang a bell, but wasn't sure.  It's
weird that it's the only text I saw though...

I can't explain why they're the size they are...
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