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ORCHestra 80/85/90 Page

       



This page deals with the TRS-80's Orchestra 80/85/90.



The ORCH 80/85/90 was a product of Software Affair, which allowed for 4 or 5 (depending on the model) simultaneous voices of music. Bryan Eggers and Jon Bokelman were the principals of that company.

[ORCH-80]



         ORCH-80/85/90 Players, Programs, and Downloads
Manuals:
  • Orchestra-80 Manual (1980).
  • Orchestra-90 Manual (1983).
  • Orchestra-90CC Manual (1983).

  • For the PC:
  • Audio Overload v2.0b6 Audio Overload is a player for various types of music files which you may find on the Internet. Plays ORC-90 files for Windows/Mac/Linux Richard Bannister December 16, 2007
  • In-Orch Winamp Plugin A WinAmp Orchestra 80/85/90, Piano-90, and Orch-2000 plugin. Copy the plugin DLL file from the plug-in into your \Program Files\Winamp\Plugins directory, restart WinAmp, and play your orchs! Jon Bokelman 2000
  • Orchestra-90/PC v1.5b (1998)
  • ORCH -> MIDI Converter O2M is a simple, no-frills program that converts an Orchestra-90 music file to a MIDI file. O2M is executed from the command line with at least two arguments. More elaborate Midi file manipulation is beyond the scope of this program and is best performed by a full-function, Midi-file editor. Jon Bokelman May 4, 2002
  • Orchestra Front End v3.0 (Release 1) Front end for Jon Bokelman's ORCH-90/PC. David Browder 1997

    For the TRS-80:
  • Orchestra-85 for Model I.
  • Append ORCH for Model I.
  • Orchestra 80/85/90 ASCII Converter (/CMD) - Larry Payne.
  • Orchestra-90 v1.0 (1983) - Software Affair, Ltd. 1 / 2.
  • ORCH Copy for Model I by Jon Bokelman.



  •          ORCH-80/85/90 Command Summary
    RRead a music file (LOAD)
    SScore a music file (COMPILE)
    PPlay a scored music file
    GRead, Score and then Play a music file
    DDirectory
    KKill a Music File
    QQuit Program



             Orchestra-80/85/90 Links
  • Dave Keil's Orch-85/90 Page (has instructions, etc).