This page is my archive of recorded MCS tunes. The first section will be recordings of the songs included on the original MCS disk, and following that is a collection of songs I've composed over the years, along with the approximate year I composed them.
As my actual PCjr bit the dust years ago, these files have been made with the help of the excellent DOS emulator DOSBox. See the Running MCS page for details on how DOSBox can be used to run MCS on modern computers. DOSBox's Tandy 1000 sound emulation is extremely accurate and makes MCS sound just as it would have on a real Tandy orPCjr!
The files are available in three formats: original MCS file format (see the Running MCS page for details on how to get these into the real MCS), MP3 file and FLAC file. I offer these in a lossless format because most lossless formats have a lot of trouble with simple synthetic sounds like MCS produces. (MCS, using the SN76496, is simply square waves with amplitude envelopes!)
| Original Tunes | ||||
| Song Name | Download .MCS/.MCD | Download MP3 | Download FLAC | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tears | TEARS.MCD (2,122 bytes) | tears.mp3 822 KB | tears.flac 3.27 MB | I think this was originally found in the Apple version and was called "Tears on my Apple" in that revision. It's a ballad-type song with a sad overtone. (1:07) |
| Invent | INVENT.MCD (1,578 bytes) | invent.mp3 699 KB | invent.flac 2.53 MB | I think Bach did the Inventions. Don't know which one this is - if you know please tell me! (0:40) |
| Bumble | BUMBLE.MCD (2,128 bytes) | bumble.mp3 542 KB | bumble.flac 1.55 MB | An old classic - Flight of the Bumble Bee! (0:32) |
| Turkey | TURKEY.MCD (2,702 bytes) | turkey.mp3 586 KB | turkey.flac 1.33 MB | Another old classic folk song - Turkey in the Straw. Interesting rendition of it, too. (0:44) |
| Pat | PAT.MCD (1,900 bytes) | pat.mp3 586 KB | pat.flac 2.09 MB | Interesting novelty tune. Don't know much about it. (0:39) |
| Canon | CANON.MCD (2,026 bytes) | canon.mp3 1.15 MB | canon.flac 5.95 MB | A version of the Pachalbel classic Canon in D. (1:39) |
| Spinning | SPINNING.MCD (2,600 bytes) | spinning.mp3 881 KB | spinning.flac 3.54 MB | The Spinning Song. I've heard it before, but who wrote it and so on eludes me. (1:07) |
| My Compositions ! | |||||
| Song Name | Download .MCS/.MCD | Download MP3 | Download FLAC | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dizzy Fingers | DIZZY.MCD ( bytes) | dizzy.mp3 1.23 MB | dizzy.flac 4.37 MB | 2009 | Wow. This one is probably the one I'm most proud of. It's a version of Zez Confrey's "Dizzy Fingers", a novelty ragtime player piano piece from the 1920s. This was COMPLICATED to lay out in MCS but I did it! Enjoy! (1:30) |