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Pinball
In the early 1980s, the British home computer market was booming. New machines were released almost monthly. In August 1982, Dragon Data joined the fray with the Dragon 32; the Dragon 64 followed a year later. The computers sold quite well initially and attracted the interest of several independent software developers, most notably Microdeal. A magazine, Dragon User also began publication shortly after the machine's launch.
In the private home computer market, where games were a significant driver, the Dragon suffered due to its graphical capabilities, which are inferior to other machines such as the Sinclair Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.
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Supa Nova
The Dragon is also unable to display lower-case letters easily. Some more sophisticated applications would synthesise them using high-resolution graphics modes (in the same way that user-defined characters would be designed for purely graphical applications such as games). Simpler programs just managed without lower case. This effectively locked it out of the then-blooming educational market.
As a result of these limitations, the Dragon was not a commercial success, and Dragon Data collapsed in June 1984.
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Ugh!
Despite the demise of the parent company, Dragons still proved quite popular. They have a robust motherboard in a spacious case, and are much more tolerant of home-modification than many of their contemporaries, which often have their components crammed into the smallest possible space." (Wikipedia)
Download from Megaupload:
Dragon 32 & 64 - BIOS - [BIN] (TOSEC-v2006-05-05)
Dragon 32 & 64 - BIOS - [DGN] (TOSEC-v2006-05-05)
Dragon 32 & 64 - Various - [CAS] (TOSEC-v2004-03-13)
Dragon 32 & 64 - Various - [DGN] (TOSEC-v2004-03-13)
Dragon 32 & 64 - Various - [PAK] (TOSEC-v2004-03-13)
Dragon 32 & 64 - Various - [VDK] (TOSEC-v2004-03-13)
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