This is a modern set of libraries intended for use in software related to the Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer (the CoCo). Some functionality may also be useful in more general Motorola 6809 centered projects.CocoCommons provides a set of ...
- CocoCommons
- Aaron Wolfe
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
UltiMusE ProAn enhanced build of Michael J. Knudson's UltiMusE 3 for the Tandy Color computer 3 & OS-9 Level 2This project hopes to incorperate many enhancements to the UltiMusE 3 software, but to ultimately add 'piano roll' ...
- UltiMusE Pro
- sites.google.com
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
SBWeather is designed to be used as monitoring software for the Tandy/RadioShack WX-200 Weather Station. The WX-200 supports Temperature, Humidity, Barometer, Wind, and Rain functions and costs approximately $300. The WX-200 is also widely known as the WM-918.
- sbwthr31.exe
- SB-Software.
- Shareware ($)
- 2.15 Mb
- WinXP, Win2003, Win2000, Win Vista, Windows 7
Basco_IDE is an IDE that targets Tandy's Color Computer BASIC. As it matures, it should feature things such as partial integration with MESS, syntax highlighting, and auto line numbering. Basco_IDE is an IDE that targets Tandy's Color Computer BASIC. As it matures, it should feature things such as partial integration with MESS, syntax highlighting, and auto line numbering.
- Basco_IDE
- mannequin.invigorated.org
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
The purpose of this project is to be able to run OS9 programs written for the 6809/6309 processor on UNIX-like systems without the OS9 kernel being present.The OS9 was a popular operating system for the Tandy COCO and Dragon computers.
- OS-NINE
- Soren Roug
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
A supermodel cartoon character that lives on your Windows Desktop. Interactive multimedia software that is much more fun than screen savers..
- Tahni deskmate
- Alex
- Freeware (Free)
- 1.95 Mb
- Windows 9X, ME, NT, 2K, 2003, XP, Vista
DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X...DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a. ...
- DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe
- DOSBox
- Shareware ($)
- 1.2 Mb
- Windows All
Lyra Pro for the Tandy Color Computer 3This project is an attempt to enhance Lester Hands' original Lyra program for Coco. In the future there are plans to port this program to NitrOS-9 and improve the number of voices, upgrade the GUI to Coco ...
- Lyra Pro
- sites.google.com
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
ToolShed is a package of utilities to perform cross-development from Windows, Linux or Mac OS X computers to the Tandy Color Computer and Dragon microcomputers. Tools are included to read/write both OS-9 RBF disk images and CoCo Disk BASIC disk. ...
- toolshed_2.0_windows.zip
- toolshed
- Freeware (Free)
- 297 Kb
- BSD; Mac; Linux
XRoar is a Dragon emulator for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, GP32, Nintendo DS and Windows. Due to hardware similarities, XRoar also emulates the Tandy Colour Computer (CoCo.
- xroar-0.26.tar.gz
- Ciaran Anscomb
- Freeware (Free)
- 256 Kb
- Linux
DOSBox Portable emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem, etc. DOSBox Portable ScreenshotDOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC with sound, graphics, mouse and more. DOSBox emulates a 286/386 CPU, supports realmode amd protected mode, has a full virtual file system, support for XMS and EMS, graphics support including Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA and sound support including SoundBlaster and Gravis Ultra Sound cards.
- DOSBoxPortable_0.73.paf.exe
- Rare Ideas, LLC
- Shareware ($)
- 1.74 Mb
- WinXP, Win2003, Win2000, Win Vista, Windows 7
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X... DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386. ...
- DOSBox0.74-win32-installer.exe
- DOSBox
- Freeware (Free)
- 1.4 Mb
- Win95, Win98, WinME, Windows2000, Windows2003, WinNT 4.0, WinXP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64
DeskMate was a software application that provided an operating environment that competed with early versions of Microsoft Windows. It originally was made for Tandy's TRS-DOS Operating System and for their TRS-80 line of computers, but eventually shifted to PC, where it.
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| Developer(s) | Tandy |
|---|---|
| Initial release | November 1984; 34 years ago |
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | MS-DOS |
| Type | GUI |
| License | Proprietary |
DeskMate is a discontinued software application that provided an operating environment that competed with early versions of Microsoft Windows. It originally was made for Tandy'sTRS-DOS Operating System and for their TRS-80 line of computers, but eventually shifted to PC, where it was developed using C and Assembly. Like Windows (and other competitors from the time, such as GEM), it was not a full operating system, requiring a separate disk operating system in order to function. Although the initial PC ports would only run on Tandy's PCs (such as the Tandy 1000), the introduction of the true PC-compatible computers such as the Tandy 3000 resulted in the software later being made available for other compatibles.
Some non-Tandy software used DeskMate to provide the user interface, and provided a runtime version of the operating environment for those without it. Examples included Activision's The Music Studio,[1] and a version of Lotus 1-2-3.[2]
DeskMate 1.0[edit]
Deskmate Software
DeskMate version 1.0 was included with the original Tandy 1000 and did not work correctly on non-Tandy computers. This was mainly due to the use of the function keys - as most non-Tandy PCs either did not come with an F12 button or with one that did not act in the same way as a Tandy F12 function key (Tandy adopted F11/F12 before IBM did).
DeskMate was popular, increasing sales of the Tandy 1000 to homes and schools.[3]
DeskMate 2[edit]
By the time Personal DeskMate was released with the Tandy 1000 EX, it was a GUI that acted as a portal for many other office productivity applications. The DeskMate application would run on top of MS-DOS. The user interface was made up of text. The applications that made up the suite were:
- a basic word processor ('Text')
- a spreadsheet ('Worksheet')
- a calendar
- a basic database program ('Filer')
The programs all fit on a 360K floppy disk. With careful manipulation, it was possible to isolate the individual applications and remove the others, placing them on separate floppies to be swapped when required. DeskMate was still required, as the individual programs could not be accessed directly.
DeskMate 3[edit]
DeskMate 3 added a number of interesting basic applications:
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- a drawing program ('Draw')
- a simple digital audio editing program ('Sound')
- a simple music program ('Music'), which could play music with audio samples created in Sound, used the 3-channel Tandy DAC, which provided 22 kHz 8-bit audio.
- an online service ('PC Link')
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The core parts of DeskMate (and DOS) were shipped in ROM on certain Tandy 1000s, allowing the computer to boot into DeskMate within a few seconds.
This was the first version of DeskMate that allowed for a run-time version that could be distributed with applications. This allowed users to use DeskMate applications on their PC's even if they did not have DeskMate installed.
Professional DeskMate[edit]
Tandy offered DeskMate for corporate users as an alternative to OS/2Presentation Manager. Professional DeskMate provides a text-based GUI for DOS, with LocalTalk-based file-service and email extensions.[3]
WinMate[edit]
This was a complete rewrite for Microsoft Windows 3.1, providing a simplified user interface and a few applications.
Reception[edit]
Noting that Tandy had found that Personal DeskMate increased sales of its 1000 computers, Stewart Alsop II in 1988 praised Tandy's strategy for Professional DeskMate as 'brilliant: while IBM, Apple, and virtually the rest of the computing world focus almost exclusively on corporate and government business', Tandy 'responds to the basic needs of small businesses and professional offices'.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Latimer, Joey (November 1989). 'The Music Studio 3.0'. Compute!. p. 102. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^Lewis, Peter H. (1989-08-13). 'Sorting Out Lotus's New 1-2-3's'. The New York Times. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ abcAlsop, Stewart II (1988-01-18). 'Tandy DeskMate: Viva La Small Business'(PDF). P.C. Letter. 4 (2): 9–10.
Tandy Deskmate Downloading
External links[edit]
- DeskMate Programs and Related Files for DeskMate version 3+