Tandy 1000 Christmas Medley

The Tandy 1000 series computers came with a set of included programs branded as Deskmate. Most versions of this included a music composition program to show off the 3-voice sound capabilities.
One of the sample music files was a Christmas medley, which seems appropriate since so many of these would have been bought as gifts.
I hope you enjoy this very 8-bit music special

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Late 1980s childhood memory bliss compliments of a 3-note (+ 1 "noise" channel) polyphony squarewave generator (implemented on an IC from Texas Instruments built right onto the motherboard) and some clever programming! Having deskmate built into ROM loaded up so fast... But man was it slow navigating the music program waiting for the screen to redraw... The "high-res" 640x200x4 colors video mode was perfect for deskmate, and looked better than CGA because all four colors were used (blue for background; white, red and yellow for foreground) unlike most CGA games where only three colors were used and the background, which counted as a "color" was set to black. Also unlike games Deskmate didnt have to simulate real-life graphics, but rather just "information" and a GUI. Also deskmate came free with the computer, which itself was already quite inexpensive for the time and superior to the IBM PC in terms of graphics and sound.