Dragon 32 was almost a complete clone of the Tandy Color Computer TRS-80. It was one of the most technically
advanced home computers of its time and despite some good sales in Europe the company had gone
into receivership by 1985.
Launched in August 1982 at a cost of £199, the Dragon 32 enjoyed a pretty good
success in Europe. Its ROM holds the Operating System and a
version of Microsoft Extended BASIC. Released around the same time as
the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 systems it face some fierce competition.
The 64 model had 64k of RAM instead of 32k, an OS9 operating system and a RS232C connector.
Other than that it looked basically identical to the 32 model.
There was also an upgrade board available for converting the 32 to 64k.
Dragon 32 Specs
| CPU |
Motorola MC6809EP, 0,9 MHz |
| OS |
Microsoft Extended BASIC |
| Memory |
32Kb
|
| Graphics |
- Max resolution: 256 x 192
- 8 colours
|
| Sound |
- 1 voice, 5 octaves with the Basic
- 4 voices, 7 octaves with machine code
|
| Storage |
- Tape 5 pin din
- 4 voices, 7 octaves with machine code
- Game Carts
- Disk Drive add-on
|
| Notes |
- Reset switch
- Left Joystick 5 pin din
- Right Joystick 5 pin din
- Parallel port 20 pin
|
Games
Like many home computers the dragon 32 had an extensive range of games available all of varying quality.
There are the usual conversions of games such as Chuckie Egg (shown) as well as its own game hero in the Cuthbert series.
Games came on tape of carts.
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