NAME  

Dragon 32

MANUFACTURER  

Dragon Data Ltd.

TYPE  

Home Computer

ORIGIN  

United Kingdom

YEAR  

January 1982

END OF PRODUCTION 

Unknown

KEYBOARD  

QWERTY mechanical keyboard, 53 keys

CPU  

Motorola MC6809EP

SPEED  

0.9 MHz

COPROCESSOR  

Motorola MC-6847 Video Display Generator

RAM  

32 Kb

ROM  

2 x 8K or 16K EPROM comprising Microsoft Extended BASIC

TEXT MODES 

32 x 16

GRAPHIC MODES 

Several graphic modes, max : 256 x 192 (with 2 colors)

COLORS  

8

SOUND  

1 voice, 5 octaves with the Basic
4 voices, 7 octaves with machine code

I/O PORTS 

TV connector, 2 analogue joystick ports, cassette port, Centronics parallel printer port, cartridge slot, composite
monitor port

BUILT IN LANGUAGE  

Microsoft Extended Basic Basic Interpreter 1.0 (1982)

SIZE/WEIGHT  

38 (W) x 32.5 (D) x 9.7 (H) cm / 2.1 kg

PRICE  

455 Euro (France, November 83)

 

Dragon 32

Dragon 32


 The DRAGON 32 enjoyed a pretty good success in Europe. Its ROM holds the Operating System and a version of the Microsoft Extended BASIC. One of its characteristics is partial compatibility with the Tandy TRS 80 Color Series. They can use same peripherals and some cartridges, but most ROM calls will fail on the other computer. However, the Dragon did have at least two advantages over the first TRS-80 Color computer: A typewriter-style keyboard that was somewhat better than the Tandys calculator-like keys and Centronics


parallel printer port Two years later, Welsh launched the Dragon 64 which has the same characteristics except the added memory (64k RAM instead of 32k), an RS232c port and minor ROM changes.