I have Tomy Tutor working with MESS. Where do I find information about the architecture, chips, cartridge layouts, console software (ROMs) and stuff ?...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 18, 2010 1:56 pm
... There really isn't much technical documentation. I've collected what I have and what I've independently discovered here ...
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ksarulofpurdimal
ksarulofpurd...
Feb 18, 2010 5:36 pm
Did you manage to scrape a copy of the data off of PyutaDev before it disappeared, Cameron? I have a friend who might have time to do a full translation for...
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ksarulofpurdimal
ksarulofpurd...
Feb 18, 2010 6:17 pm
Did you manage to scrape a copy of the data off of PyutaDev before it disappeared, Cameron? I have a friend who might have time to do a full translation for...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 18, 2010 6:45 pm
... I have some of it, but that's a good idea -- I should Wayback it. I'll try to do that later unless someone is bored :) the URL for PyutaDev is on the ... ...
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kabldb
Feb 19, 2010 10:40 am
Really nice. Thanks. I tried Wayback, but got "Failed Connection" (from Wayback). I'll try again later. I didn't test anything but some games with the Tomy...
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kabldb
Feb 19, 2010 10:47 am
Oh, and there's a TutorEm in the files section....
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 19, 2010 1:45 pm
... The driver IMHO seems fine to me. The only thing it lacks is cassette. Otherwise it's pretty complete; it even has parallel port support. I'm myself...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Feb 19, 2010 4:52 pm
I would count as an "active or potential user". I have two Tomy Tutors, accessories, and several cartridges, including a handful of the Japanese ones. As with...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 19, 2010 4:55 pm
... I'm still trying to track down one of those Pyuuta adapters. I do have Baseball and Battlefighter (3D), though Rescue Copter looks really cool. -- ... ...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Feb 19, 2010 4:58 pm
The Pyuuta adapter is only for certain Pyuuta/Tutor games to work correctly on certain Pyuuta systems, right? It's my understanding that the Tutor runs all...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 19, 2010 5:02 pm
... Right, and (TTBOMK) so does the Pyuuta Jr and Mark II. However, I want it mostly to look at the hardware to give me a little more insight into the way the...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Feb 19, 2010 5:05 pm
Interesting. Care to share what you might have planned for the I/O port, assuming you were able to learn more about it? ...
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ksarulofpurdimal
ksarulofpurd...
Feb 19, 2010 6:49 pm
I do have one of the Pyuuta adapters, and can verify that it is only for the original version of the Pyuuta. I also have all of the Japanese cartridges except...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Feb 19, 2010 6:54 pm
Is the Japanese tape game available online? If not, it would be great to get a WAV of it for play on a real Tutor/Pyuuta. What's on the tape? ...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 19, 2010 8:15 pm
... If someone manages to get the Tutor to *load* from a .wav, I would like to talk to that person. I have not yet been successful -- I'm about to crack a Data...
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Bill Loguidice
billlog
Feb 19, 2010 8:19 pm
I know it probably wouldn't make much of a difference, but have you tried using one of those CD to cassette adapters ...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 19, 2010 8:22 pm
... I suspect it wouldn't. I'm just going to go straight to the source and watch the signal with an oscilloscope from the Mac and from the Data Recorder. I ...
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kabldb
Feb 20, 2010 5:00 am
/quote Once I figure out what I'm doing wrong (I suspect I need to make a little circuit to adjust the audio to what the Tutor is expecting), then we can even...
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kabldb
Feb 20, 2010 5:03 am
Yeah, if not scans, then let us have pictures of adapter, boxes and tape....
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 20, 2010 5:01 pm
... No, the cross-tape reader is written in Perl, actually. The source is pretty easy to understand. When I get it finished, it will accept image files and...
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kabldb
Feb 20, 2010 7:27 pm
... Okay, so the cross-develop would be Basic. ... I think there's enough info in the MESS source to work things out. ... Well, I wasn't actually trying to...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 20, 2010 7:29 pm
... I'm not desperately relying on MESS as a source of veracity regarding the tape. Once I have it working with the real Tutor, I'll probably focus on MESS at...
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kabldb
Feb 20, 2010 7:50 pm
... No, why should you, it's broken. I was only trying to help. I would have expected the feedback to be very much like the saved file. And I thought that this...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 20, 2010 7:53 pm
... I apologize if it sounded like I was brushing it off, but I assure you the lead-in is not the problem; I can detect that easily. Even if I make the lead-in...
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classictvman1981
classictvman...
Feb 25, 2010 3:49 pm
Hi, I have a question about the Tomy Tutor manuals: could you guys at least extract all the BASIC programs featured in this particular manual into PDF and then...
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Cameron Kaiser
spectrevishnu
Feb 25, 2010 4:09 pm
... I get asked about PDFing the manual so often I actually went and bought a manual off eBay that I plan to strip the binding from and scan. When it comes and...
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Ben Edge
classictvman...
Feb 26, 2010 3:41 pm
Cameron, I have a hunch I'm not the only one behind this request. But thank you for confirming that you will do it eventually... ~Ben [Non-text portions of...
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Mario
classictvman...
Mar 26, 2010 8:53 am
TOMY TUTOR SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM: 30 DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER There is a simple poem to help you remember the number of days in any month: Thirty days hath...
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ksarulofpurdimal
ksarulofpurd...
Apr 4, 2010 5:18 am
Not mine, but as I already have one I thought I'd mention this one is there--it even comes with one of the Japanese carts. ...
