website/content/museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-200.md

---
title: Dragon Data Ltd Dragon 200
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Spain
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- Motorola 6809E
params:
  name: Dragon 200
  image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_system_s3.jpg
  company: /companies/dragon-data-ltd
  company_name: Dragon Data Ltd
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Dragon 200
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Dragon Data Ltd
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Spain
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1984'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: '1986'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Microsoft BASIC interpreter
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full stroke 53 keys (with Spanish characters for Spanish version)
  - label: CPU
    value: Motorola 6809E
  - label: SPEED
    value: 1 MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Motorola 6847 video chip
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 16 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 32 chars. x 16 lines
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 128 x 96 dots (4 colours), 256 x 192 (2 colours)
  - label: COLORS
    value: '8'
  - label: SOUND
    value: |-
      1 voice / 5 octaves with BASIC commands\
      4 voices / 7 octaves with machine code
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown (close to the Dragon 64)
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Cartridge connector, Tape recorder, TV modulator, RGB, Parallel printer, Serial, 2 x joysticks
  - label: OS
    value: OS-9 with optional floppy disc unit
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in power regulation. External AC transformer
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 1 or 2 floppy dics drives unit
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  - software
  - links
  forum_thread: 917
  photos:
  - title: LARGE VIEW
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to **[Fabrice Siravo](http://www.mapetitecollection.com)** who lent us its Dragon 200
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_system_s2.jpg
  - title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
    subtitle: ''
    text: The keyboard is the same as the Dragon 64 apart from the addition of a power Led.
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_keyboard_s1.jpg
  - title: SIDE VIEWS
    subtitle: ''
    text: Like the Dragon 32 and 64 models, the Dragon 200 has a cartridge connector on the right side.
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_sides_s1.jpg
  - title: INSIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: The electronics of the Dragon 200 is exactly the same as the Dragon 64's. See the Dragon 64 Inside picture for more details.
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_mainboard_s1.jpg
  - title: EUROHARD LABEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_label_s1.jpg
  - title: 'THE BOX #1'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_box_s1.jpg
  - title: 'THE BOX #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      The box pictures summarize all the marketing arguments used to sell a home computer at the time:\
      • A computer for all the family,\
      • to learn programming languages,\
      • to pay games,\
      • to manage personal datas (note that dad plays and mom manages serious tasks),\
      • to revise school syllabus.
    image: /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_box_s2.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: 5'' DISK-DRIVE
    subtitle: ''
    text: '186k, Single Side, Operating system: OS9'
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_diskdrive.jpg
  - title: THE DRAGON 32/64 DUAL 5.25'' DISK-DRIVE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_64_doublefd_1.jpg
  - title: INSIDE F.D. UNIT
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      The disk drive option is provided in 2 parts: the floppy drive unit, and an interface cartridge connected to the computer. Each formated disk can hold 180 Kb. Data are stored on 40 concentric tracks, each one made of 18 sectors of 256 bytes each.

      **(1)** One or two disk drives can be mounted in the case.\
      **(2)** Interface cartridge that fits into the Dragon expansion connector.\
      **(3)** First disk drive.\
      **(4)** Magnetic heads and its mechanisms.\
      **(5)** Disk rotation motors.\
      **(6)** Power supply.\
      **(7)** Connector for the cartridge flat cable.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_32_insidefd_1.jpg
  - title: DRAGON JOYSTICKS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_joysticks.jpg
  - title: 'DRAGON JOYSTICK #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_64_joystick_s1.jpg
  - title: LIGHT PEN
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragon_lightpen.jpg
  - title: DUST COVER
    subtitle: ''
    text: Beautiful, no ?!
    image: /media/museum/hardware/dragons-data_dragon32_dustcover_1.jpg
  screenshots:
  - title: BONKA
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/dragon_bonka.jpg
  - title: COSMIC ZAP
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/dragon_cosmiczap.jpg
  - title: FROGGER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/dragon_frogger.jpg
  - title: KATERPILLAR ATTACK
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/dragon_katerpillar_attack.jpg
  - title: LEGGIT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/dragon_leggit.jpg
  links:
  - title: Dragon & Tandy CoCo Resources
    url: http://www.burgins.com/dragon.html
    text: ''
  - title: Dragon, The Archive
    url: http://www.dragondata.co.uk/
    text: Nice and complete Dragon dedicated site
  - title: Graham's Dragon Page
    url: http://www.grempc.demon.co.uk/dragon/
    text: Information, articles and links related to the Dragon
  - title: Home of On-A-Stick Productions Inc. or jon's home page
    url: http://www.onastick.clara.net/
    text: ''
  - title: The DRAGON Archive
    url: http://www.dragon-archive.co.uk/
    text: A site dedicated to the Dragon series of computers. Includes software archive, history of the dragon and much more.
  related:
  - /museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-32
  - /museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-64
  oc_id: 941
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221208061525/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=941
    date: '2022-12-08'
---

The Dragon 200 was basically a [Dragon 64](/museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-64/) with a modified case allowing a monitor to be placed on top of it. A power LED was also added.

The case was designed in Spain by **EuroHard**, a subsidiary of Dragon Data of U.K. which eventually bought its parent company. EuroHard also built the computer but it was sold in Spain by **IDS**.

The Dragon 200 was a commercial success in Spain and some south European countries, as well as the 200E, a version equipped with a 80-column video card. However, despite several attempts to produces other ranges of computers, among them the Dragon MSX, the production stopped in 1986 and EuroHard closed its doors in 1988.

<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>