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Post #AwZKIGZ6I23sVZMdaC by [email protected] |
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Ah, Dragon 32! Early home computer from 1982, made in Swansea, Wales, powered b… |
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Post #AwZKdRgG9qwx3zoOX2 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina a CoCo by any other name… |
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Post #AwZKk9gJTcAlGd2JN2 by [email protected] |
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I got the computer in the original box, with an analog joystick. Dragon 32 is s… |
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Post #AwZKm0vsyXxaiECs6q by [email protected] |
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@root42 mostly, yeah! |
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Post #AwZLAs8aoQlAft0HMO by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Interesting arrow placement. |
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Post #AwZLHJglI6AdrP3hVw by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina a fairly decent computer (very similar to a Tandy CoCo) but the… |
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Post #AwZLLDm7DgFGg5QOSO by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Interesting to see the 6809 described ads uncommon. Here (in Fr… |
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Post #AwZLMQ3j28Ij48EVBA by [email protected] |
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I cannot say that Dragon 32 is a pinnacle of industrial design. It looks not to… |
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Post #AwZLOOZrVsUv38CtCy by [email protected] |
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@jernej__s the "left" is "backspace" and "right" … |
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Post #AwZLXRXnqtBerCYfNw by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @root42 I sent away to another country to get a Co-Co FORTH Rom… |
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Post #AwZLXReBTAI7AzXlKa by [email protected] |
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@u0421793 @root42 sounds fun! I suppose FORTH was more useful for serious busin… |
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Post #AwZLiZyaqGbQC6OnwG by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I think the last time I saw one of the Dragon machines was the … |
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Post #AwZLqF3IWNbPcFFlia by [email protected] |
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On the first glance, my Dragon seemed to be in a good condition. However, close… |
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Post #AwZLxOX3fndB2paI6q by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina The 6809 wasn't that uncommon. The TRS80 color computer use… |
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Post #AwZM2YMqX7bIzpGecS by [email protected] |
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And it just worked. "16K BASIC, Microsoft 1982". Yay!The screen is al… |
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Post #AwZMJSWfVOA1nlvIQa by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @root42 I wasn’t very good at it but at least it made a tiny … |
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Post #AwZMJSdl51pe9lExTk by [email protected] |
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@u0421793 @root42 niiiice!!! |
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Post #AwZMdFBqnTZQEWcUpU by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina oooh the golden DRAM chips! |
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Post #AwZMrg8bP3lVrcz2WW by [email protected] |
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My fiancee plugged in the oscilloscope and tweaked some knobs on the board to m… |
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Post #AwZNE9JPc96miXkqGm by [email protected] |
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Okay, so now my Dragon 32 is in a good shape. How do I use it for anything? Ver… |
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Post #AwZNJx8tm0bWiBbWrY by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina IIRC the factory that made the Dragon still exists: it is now o… |
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Post #AwZNVgMry0kaA2jS4W by [email protected] |
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Impressively, the "tape emulator" contraption just works. By the way,… |
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Post #AwZNsHbAE1dO05C9MO by [email protected] |
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As a fun exercise, I wrote a small program in Basic that would load an array fr… |
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Post #AwZO0aeVGdJFPZiaZ6 by [email protected] |
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@capeta the keyboard seems to be switch-based, but I'm not quite sure, migh… |
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Post #AwZO9RWgZEGJiJHb6G by [email protected] |
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@mpj17 hm, it seems the Swansea and the Port Talbot factories were closed down,… |
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Post #AwZOBNakAOoI5e6X5M by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Not many properly Welsh computers got made in that era. |
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Post #AwZOE7OCrXnChzXv96 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina the computer of my people :) (i never had one) |
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Post #AwZOFUd1wh9j4a8SYK by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] Oh! I used (as in "saw it working") the one… |
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Post #AwZOFUjlXeXlPTHq3E by [email protected] |
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@cinnamon CPC was a top-notch computer, far more advanced than Dragon in terms … |
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Post #AwZOM0ohBSXKdkhTpA by [email protected] |
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cc @mvu - I got a 42 year old computer that mostly was stored well, and it look… |
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Post #AwZOXwTh8nQueuZ9pQ by [email protected] |
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Thanks @hypha and @yottatsa for support <3 |
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Post #AwZOflMMMWkCUbreEK by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina MASSIVE chonker of a voltage regulator there! |
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Post #AwZOkRJYJkoNlsmV7I by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina what traces are you worried about? The ones you showed look fin… |
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Post #AwZOtdhhcgoUnqSptY by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina 6847 is IIRC pretty compatible to the 6845, so should be able t… |
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Post #AwZP9iUNbFYYHEtm2y by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina also: if all fails there is a replica project:https://github.co… |
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Post #AwZPkBFg8aF9uOPSXQ by [email protected] |
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@root42 indeed, solder joints on this photo look fine, but some don't look … |
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Post #AwZPqb0XI6cDWgNzBw by [email protected] |
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@root42 thanks, good to know! |
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Post #AwZRG1h9IzAfUO0Y64 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina oh, this is totally normal, they put on the solder mask later, … |
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Post #AwZSCUlPO1UQRKsdVo by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Boo! That makes me sad. |
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Post #AwZSKoEGtja77zLSV6 by [email protected] |
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@root42 oh, nice to know |
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Post #AwZUooP313SKGLostM by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @root42 indeed, it was pretty common at the era, they look ok! |
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Post #AwZWFyTnl7tpHuYjmS by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina There was a prototype 3rd model with onboard disk drives and ge… |
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Post #AwZWj5TAqktfMf9Dto by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I've seen these wrinkly-looking tracks on some other PCBs f… |
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Post #AwZWtJECYDdEvp1DaC by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina ahhhh I love this! Is this using a tape deck input? |
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Post #AwZWtJLI7rIrHoKsdM by [email protected] |
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@voxel yep, though there were disk drives available |
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Post #AwZWy7wTwG7PNS1myW by [email protected] |
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@lproven I'm aware, thanks. I do need a RAM upgrade first |
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Post #AwZXJP5zMGRwetcVPs by [email protected] |
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@raynerlucas it's apparently tin plating, says one video? I'll check a … |
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Post #AwZXQI1U3JYukZnRB2 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina See I knew you were the right person to @ in that other thread … |
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Post #AwZXQI7rfafN4MmX7g by [email protected] |
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@mvu by the by, the kind people in the thread explained that the board is proba… |
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Post #AwZYnuO1gRVyLbAOFU by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Welsh product explains the "Dragon" part of the name.… |
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Post #AwZZ1WupkDFPbl0VYu by [email protected] |
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@elithebearded yep! Dragon 64 had 64 kB of RAM |
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Post #AwZZGfmp2rmDSpTrwO by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Some of the solder joints in that photo do look suspicious, now… |
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Post #AwZa40zL0QONPTrYe0 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Is that the UHF modulator and PSU together on a separate board?… |
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Post #AwZeODk3hJpaZZbf0q by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Lovely machines the Dragons! |
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Post #AwZehRNbDW8CN6GYUq by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina the 64 is sadly very rare though :(I've never seen one IRL.… |
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Post #AwZenejCV7AdVaKk7M by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @mvu check capacitor C11 near the RAM chips. That's notorio… |
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Post #AwZhkpNElOjTWGP488 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina wasn’t the 6809 also used in the Vectrex game console? |
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Post #AwaHzlnxuZg190KUro by [email protected] |
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@kbm0 they're together on the same board, indeed, though they aren't re… |
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Post #AwaIg9wgY0ACB4cZJg by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina oh hey, I know this computer! One of my university lecturers (D… |
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@nina_kali_nina http://www.dragondata.co.uk/history/People/duncan_smeed/duncan-… |
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Post #AwaIgABDfxn0u9QAyG by [email protected] |
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@linus thanks for sharing! |
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@nina_kali_ninaThis made me think if there were any personal computers made in … |
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Post #AwauurcGm39ZvrVhzM by [email protected] |
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@lumi sweet!!! |
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@andre I wonder if adding the link right to the commit message would make it ap… |
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@nina_kali_nina you could track down a 63c09, it'd have one more reason to … |
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@nina_kali_nina FWIW I think @baldengineer redid the Dragon already:https://git… |
