When Wales made a microcomputer #VintageComputing #Retrocomputing @RMCRetro
Trash to Treasure returns with the only micro computer to come out of Wales. A 1982 Dragon32.
Dragon Data, located in Wales, entered the market in August 1982 with the Dragon 32. The Dragon 64 followed a year later. The computers sold well initially and attracted the interest of independent software developers. A companion magazine, Dragon User, began publication shortly after the microcomputer’s launch.
The Dragon is built around the Motorola MC6809E processor running at 0.89 MHz. It was an advanced 8-bit CPU design, with limited 16-bit capabilities.
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Not actually the only computer from Wales, but certainly the only one most people can remember. There was also the SAM Coupé, a tragically doomed 8-bit released when everything else was 16-bit – it was loosely related to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (but getting on for 8 years too late) and so was covered briefly by the likes of Your Sinclair.
Not actually the only computer from Wales, but certainly the only one most people can remember. There was also the SAM Coupé, a tragically doomed 8-bit released when everything else was 16-bit – it was loosely related to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (but getting on for 8 years too late) and so was covered briefly by the likes of Your Sinclair.