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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
Dragon Data Ltd Dragon 200	Computers	Home Computer	Spain	1984	Motorola 6809E	name image company company_name specs tabs photos hardware screenshots links comments related oc_id source Dragon 200 /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_system_s3.jpg /companies/dragon-data-ltd Dragon Data Ltd label value NAME Dragon 200 label value MANUFACTURER Dragon Data Ltd label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN Spain label value YEAR 1984 label value END OF PRODUCTION 1986 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Microsoft BASIC interpreter label value KEYBOARD Full stroke 53 keys (with Spanish characters for Spanish version) label value CPU Motorola 6809E label value SPEED 1 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Motorola 6847 video chip label value RAM 64 KB label value ROM 16 KB label value TEXT MODES 32 chars. x 16 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES 128 x 96 dots (4 colours), 256 x 192 (2 colours) label value COLORS 8 label value SOUND 1 voice / 5 octaves with BASIC commands\ 4 voices / 7 octaves with machine code label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown (close to the Dragon 64) label value I/O PORTS Cartridge connector, Tape recorder, TV modulator, RGB, Parallel printer, Serial, 2 x joysticks label value OS OS-9 with optional floppy disc unit label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in power regulation. External AC transformer label value PERIPHERALS 1 or 2 floppy dics drives unit label value PRICE Unknown photos hardware software links title subtitle text image LARGE VIEW Thanks to **[Fabrice Siravo](http://www.mapetitecollection.com)** who lent us its Dragon 200 /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP The keyboard is the same as the Dragon 64 apart from the addition of a power Led. /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_keyboard_s1.jpg title subtitle text image SIDE VIEWS Like the Dragon 32 and 64 models, the Dragon 200 has a cartridge connector on the right side. /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_sides_s1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE The electronics of the Dragon 200 is exactly the same as the Dragon 64's. See the Dragon 64 Inside picture for more details. /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_mainboard_s1.jpg title subtitle text image EUROHARD LABEL /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_label_s1.jpg title subtitle text image THE BOX #1 /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_box_s1.jpg title subtitle text image THE BOX #2 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. /media/museum/photos/dragon_200_box_s2.jpg title subtitle text image 5'' DISK-DRIVE 186k, Single Side, Operating system: OS9 /media/museum/hardware/dragon_diskdrive.jpg title subtitle text image THE DRAGON 32/64 DUAL 5.25'' DISK-DRIVE /media/museum/hardware/dragon_64_doublefd_1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE F.D. UNIT 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. /media/museum/hardware/dragon_32_insidefd_1.jpg title subtitle text image DRAGON JOYSTICKS /media/museum/hardware/dragon_joysticks.jpg title subtitle text image DRAGON JOYSTICK #2 /media/museum/hardware/dragon_64_joystick_s1.jpg title subtitle text image LIGHT PEN /media/museum/hardware/dragon_lightpen.jpg title subtitle text image DUST COVER Beautiful, no ?! /media/museum/hardware/dragons-data_dragon32_dustcover_1.jpg title subtitle text image BONKA /media/museum/software/dragon_bonka.jpg title subtitle text image COSMIC ZAP /media/museum/software/dragon_cosmiczap.jpg title subtitle text image FROGGER /media/museum/software/dragon_frogger.jpg title subtitle text image KATERPILLAR ATTACK /media/museum/software/dragon_katerpillar_attack.jpg title subtitle text image LEGGIT /media/museum/software/dragon_leggit.jpg title url text Dragon & Tandy CoCo Resources http://www.burgins.com/dragon.html title url text Dragon, The Archive http://www.dragondata.co.uk/ Nice and complete Dragon dedicated site title url text Graham's Dragon Page http://www.grempc.demon.co.uk/dragon/ Information, articles and links related to the Dragon title url text Home of On-A-Stick Productions Inc. or jon's home page http://www.onastick.clara.net/ title url text The DRAGON Archive http://www.dragon-archive.co.uk/ A site dedicated to the Dragon series of computers. Includes software archive, history of the dragon and much more. author date text Robcfg (Spain) Wednesday 16th October 2013 Recently I had the opportunity to borrow a Dragon 200E so I could dump the roms, take pictures, and scan the PCBs. It doesn''t have an 80-column card, rather a new character rom, which can be disabled by software. You can find the pictures here: http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index.php?title$Dragon_200 And the PCB scans here: http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index.php?title$Motherboard_Pictures$Dragon_200E Regards,\ rob /museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-32 /museum/dragon-data-ltd-dragon-64 941 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20221208061525/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=941 2022-12-08

The Dragon 200 was basically a 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.

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