RetrópolisEpisódio 143 – Parte A
leadedsolderYay: I got a Tomy Pyuuta. Boo: the power switch is bad. Boo-er: the keyboard got damaged while I was replacing the power switch. Yay: I got it to work. Yay-er: I had to learn to program BASIC... in Japanese.
Yep, it's the #Tomy #Pyuuta, Japan's bluest 16-bit home computer. And its repair is coming right to you in this blog post: https://www.leadedsolder.com/2023/03/14/tomy-pyuuta-pickup-keyboard-power-switch-repair.html
#retrocomputing #retrorepair #tomy #tomypyuuta #tomytutor #16bit
Yep, it's the #Tomy #Pyuuta, Japan's bluest 16-bit home computer. And its repair is coming right to you in this blog post: https://www.leadedsolder.com/2023/03/14/tomy-pyuuta-pickup-keyboard-power-switch-repair.html
#retrocomputing #retrorepair #tomy #tomypyuuta #tomytutor #16bit
You Might Have To Tomy Twice
I always wanted to try out a Tomy Tutor, and so I assumed that the Pyuuta was an identical computer. After all, it looks the same! This was one of those machines that I bought without knowing the details. All I knew is that Mandarake wanted an absolute fortune for any boxed Pyuuta games they had on the shelf, and that a good number of the retro-y Japanese Twitter folks seemed to have fond memories of the purple wedge. Let’s find out why.