csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) (10/17/85)
In article <593@lasspvax.UUCP> jwp@lasspvax.UUCP (John W. Palmieri) writes: >Anyone out there have a Tano Dragon and successfully hooked-up I'd like to know if anyone out there had seen a Tano Dragon. I didn't think Dragon got off the ground in America. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "Ordinary F___ing people -- I hate 'em. Ordinary people spend their lives avoiding tense situations; repo man spends his life getting into tense situations."
jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) (10/21/85)
In article <962@mit-vax.UUCP> csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) writes: >In article <593@lasspvax.UUCP> jwp@lasspvax.UUCP (John W. Palmieri) writes: >>Anyone out there have a Tano Dragon and successfully hooked-up > >I'd like to know if anyone out there had seen a Tano Dragon. I didn't think >Dragon got off the ground in America. >-- >Charles Forsythe >CSDF@MIT-VAX > Well, it did and it didn't. Mainly it didn't. But the result of their failure (twice?) is that there are a lot of Dragons around and a few still available cheap. The 64K version is superior to the current Radio Shack Color Computer in that it has a real hardware RS-232 built in. Unfortunately software from the Color Computer generally doesn't work directly on the Dragon. Both Flex and OS-9 can be had for the Dragon, but you have to make some choices. In England you can buy Dragon specific versions of both Flex and OS-9. I don't think anybody in North America carries them. There are special ROMs available which will adapt the Dragon to more standard Color Computer compatibility (I *think* that this may require some jumpers and trace cutting although I've heard of drop in ROM replacements that don't require hardware hacking). Cheers! -- Jim O. -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura Byte Information eXchange: jimomura Compuserve: 72205,541 MTS at WU: GKL6
seaton@dec-thrint.UUCP (10/23/85)
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Well, the view from England is that although Dragon (The Company) went into
receivership a couple of years ago (right after it went American!) there is
a Spanish company called "Eurohard SA" who has bought all designs etc. and
is even now producing Dragon hardware..mainly 64k but also rumor of a 128k
machine and/or a new business machine.
Share and Enjoy...
Ian Seaton
DEC Reading, England
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