Date   : Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:28:03 +0100
From   : anders.carlsson@... (Anders Carlsson)
Subject: Dragon 32 / Coco

Steve Lancaster wrote:

> the cartridge games for the Dragon work on the Coco and vice versa

Wow! I didn't think they would be *that* compatible. Last week I stumbled 
upon a comprehensive write-up about the Dragon rise and fall:

http://www.dragon-archive.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=27

It should line out the similarities and differences between the CoCo's and 
Dragon's. One can ask yourself if there is more profit in redesigning an 
existing computer, do all the manufacturing and sales yourself than simply 
sign a deal to license the Tandy in UK/Europe. As far as I remember, the 
TRS-80 machines at a whole didn't have a lot of following over here.

If GCE had released a MSX computer that also was Dragon compatible, it would 
be something: Z80 + 6809 and TMS-99XX emulating the MC6847 ?

In the newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair, some people wrote about then their ZX 
Spectrums broke down during warranty, and they got to lend a spare machine. 
More than once these "spares" turned out to be Dragon 32:s! It says 
something about which computer was easier to sell than the other.

By the way, the Dragon 32 (and for a short while the 64) at least were 
marketed and sold in Sweden, unlike the BBC Micro series which all are 
semi-rare on this horizon.

Regards

-- 
Anders Carlsson