Dragon 32 | TechMuseum
Years of manufacture: 1982- 1984
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: Motorola MC6809E, 0.89 MHz
- RAM: 32 KB
- FDD: –
- HDD: –
- Audio: 6-bit DAC
- Connectors/Ports: parallel printer, 2 analogue joystick, cartridge slot, cassette, audio and video, RGB monitor
- Case: Keyboard type
- Monitor: Color
- OS: Microsoft Extended BASIC
The Dragon 32 has a Motorola MC6809E processor at 0.89 MHz and memory of 32kB. It ran with the operating system of the Microsoft Extended BASIC version.
Dragon Data was a Welsh computer manufacturer during the early 1980s. The history of the company is checkered. Originally set up by toy company Mettoy, found the first difficulties after its demise. Continuing as a separate stand-alone company, Dragon Data gradually lost market share. Another reason for the commercial failures was the mediocre quality in graphics. After only two years of operation, the company went defunct in 1984.
The Dragon 32, 64 and MSX 64 had a very similar architecture to the TRS-80 Color Computer. Initially, sales went very well but the two grand impediments made sales plunge. The graphic capabilities were limited and the hardware supported text modes included only upper case characters. After the collapse in 1984, the company was acquired by Spanish Eurohard S.A., continuing the Dragon lineage.
That was just a snapshot on the presentation of the techmuseum series. Indulge more into the history. Continue reading more about the present model, the Dragon 32 here.
PC.GR
The history of personal computers
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