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Dragon 32

Dragon 32 · 1982–1987 · desktop

Specifications

Cpu: Motorola 6809E, 0.89 MHz
Ram: max: 32 KB stock; hobbyist boards documented up to 512 KB with home-built memory controllers · base: 32 KB
Ports: Cartridge slot · 2x analogue joystick ports (light-pen compatible) · Centronics parallel printer port · Cassette (tape) socket · RF TV output · Composite monitor output
Display: Motorola MC6847 VDG: 32x16 text, semigraphics to 64x48 in 8 colors, hi-res 128x192 in 4 colors or 256x192 in 2 colors · composite and RF out
Storage: base: Cassette recorder via the tape socket (no internal storage) · options: DragonDOS floppy disk controller cartridge with external 5.25" drives · Premier Delta DOS controller (incompatible disk format)
Os Support: latest: Same ROM BASIC; DragonDOS adds disk commands via the controller cartridge · shipped: Microsoft Extended Color BASIC in 16 KB ROM
Release Price: £175

Variants

Revisions

Dragon 32 (PAL)1982 UK original, beige case, built in Port Talbot, Wales

Tano Dragon (NTSC)US version built under licence by Tano Corporation of New Orleans

Upgrade paths

RAM

Community 64 KB upgrades by fitting higher-density DRAMs, following the Dragon 64 memory map · A well-documented Dragon Archive mod, effectively converting a 32 into a 64; requires chip swaps and board changes, not a plug-in expansion.

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