i thought "pressing Esc and being able to enter commands" meant you were able to get to DOS?
i think this model has DOS built into it (in rom??) so you shouldn't need a disk with anything but trackers/samples but i don't know how you can bypass deskmate startup. a pdf of the tl3 user manual (tl3user.zip) is available from the verrry slow oldschool.org ftp ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/tvdog/tandy1
l3user.zip
i imagine it would explain in there
TSC wrote:If this is anything like a 286, look for Module Editor v2.00 (by Norman Lin) and Blaster Master (sampler software). According to this release (which Radiograffiti will have in stock for the new site launch) it can sound just like an Amiga.
http://www.killbotrecords.com/killbot/d
er-286-12/
That is if I'm understanding any of this correctly, which I may not be considering I just woke up.
blaster master is, i believe, designd for the sound blaster (a clue in the name)
mod edit runs on anything i believe, even MDA and PC Speaker. but i do not think it has support for tandy soundchip so you would be stuck with just using pc speaker. unless you have a speech thing which is an 8 bit soundcard that connects to the printer you can easily build yourself or maybe buy on ebay (http://harryaxten.webs.com/covoxspeechthingclone.htm)
having the speech thing would maybe open up the trackers you could use and give you more compatability but not having EGA/VGA still limits the trackers you can use a lot (maybe screamtracker 2 works with CGA and covox, but it realllllly sucks) (it possible to add a VGA card to a tandy computer I BELIEVE)
anyway! 286 does not "sound like an amiga" since 286 is just a CPU, a 286 computer may have any kind of hardware installed to it. i suppose for this record he had a soundblaster although he doesn't mention it. tracking protracker mods with crappy 8 bit output will sound a bit like an amiga whatever you do though