Retro Computers
Tandy 1100 FD
This computer from the early 90s came with DOS 3.3 and DeskMate 3.03 built into the system ROM.
Common Issues
If you have come across this computer these days chances are that there are a few things wrong with it.
- Floppy drive does not work
- Keyboard is sticky or doesn't register presses
- The clock does not maintain its time
- Missing DeskMate disks
This page will help you address some of these problems. First you may want to watch my YouTube video on how to fix some of the issues with this laptop.
There are plenty of sites where you can download DeskMate.
Although DeskMate is in the ROM, it only provided the main menu and basic functions of a word processor. In order to use the other applications within DeskMate you needed the disks. There were 4 disks in total. Swapping the disks became a bit of a chore therefore Eric Tremblay consolidated the files into one disk and uploaded instructions on how to do this.
DeskMate on One 720K Disk ------------------------- I recently bought a Tandy 1100FD Laptop Computer, As you surly know DeskMate is a very powerful and practical tool. The "only thing wrong" with it is that it comes on two disks. So I decided to slim it down to ONE Disk. Format yourself a blank disk and copy all the files listed below to your disk. Take note that I have not included the Worksheet, Telecom and PC-Link applications, because I simply don't use these programs. I use other applications that are a lot better... So here is the directory. Volume in drive A is DESKMATE W Directory of A:\ DMNOTEPD ACC 14029 DMTODO ACC 5832 DMACCESS ACC 7251 DMSERV ACC 23951 DMSETUP ACC 26651 DMPHONE ACC 20137 DMALARM ACC 14907 ALARM CFG 128 * Data File DMFORM RES 9872 DMOLDAPP MOD 7961 HANGMAN PDM 27001 FILER PDM 39495 CALENDAR PDM 72211 PERSONAL CAL 6144 * Data file for calandar ADDRESS PDM 53923 PERSONAL ADR 12288 * Data file for address book ALARM RES 12119 ALRMINIT RES 9607 DBUPDATE RES 15532 DBBUILD RES 11672 DESKTOP CFG 1009 * Data file FORMSET PDM 59673 DRAW PDM 57183 Eric Tremblay Montreal, Canada CompuServe I.D. 73117,460