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by Alastair
Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:47 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon Beta OS-9 disks
Replies: 17
Views: 22273

Re: Dragon Beta OS-9 disks

Pernod70 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:42 pm I presume no others are known to exist?
I wouldn't know.
by Alastair
Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:35 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon Beta OS-9 disks
Replies: 17
Views: 22273

Re: Dragon Beta OS-9 disks

Pernod70 wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:35 pm I remember seeing some schematics for the keyboard and floppy sections, but can't find them anywhere.
See http://www.dragondata.co.uk/tech/circui ... index.html
(You have to click on the pictures, and not on the text links.)
by Alastair
Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:25 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: Dragon 32 Mace Editor/Assembler Manual
Replies: 2
Views: 5549

Re: Dragon 32 Mace Editor/Assembler Manual

Thanks Dragon1956.
Dragon1956 wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:14 pm Also attached is the Motorola MC6809 Instruction Set Summary fold-out that came with it.
I see that this is in DOCX format, if anyone wants it in PDF form it is also available on this forum.

P.S. I can still upload the JPEGs if wanted.
by Alastair
Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:35 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: A next-generation Dragon?
Replies: 24
Views: 22175

Re: A next-generation Dragon?

How about a real OS with a new GUI? The Dragon already has a "real OS" in the shape of NitrOS-9 , any hardware improvements should therefore be of a form that allows the "Dragon II" to use NitrOS-9 Level 2 and Level 3. Would there be a market for such a machine? Back in the 1980s the C64 and ZX Spe...
by Alastair
Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:09 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon DOS variants
Replies: 2
Views: 4114

Re: Dragon DOS variants

I've been using Pere's DragonDOS 1.3a (see http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5289#p13272) with XRoar for some years now. Obviously for testing purposes this is not comparable with using real hardware, no motor still running issues for starters, but from my limited tests it ...
by Alastair
Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: Discuss This Site
Topic: New Member, long time Dragon 32 owner
Replies: 17
Views: 33861

Re: New Member, long time Dragon 32 owner

For the RF problems it could be that the modulator needs adjusting - no guarantees but it's a possibility. For information on how to test and adjust see my first post in the following thread: http://archive.worldofdragon.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5613&p=15904 P.S. I still don't know what 'cable...
by Alastair
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:58 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Autostart tape program?
Replies: 2
Views: 4107

Re: Autostart tape program?

I am not aware of a single command that will explicitly load and execute a cassette based program but some (many?) commercial programs were written and saved in such a way that they autostarted when they were CLOADMed, perhaps it is those programs you are thinking of.
by Alastair
Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: xroar-snap-2019-49969
Replies: 28
Views: 48025

Re: xroar-snap-2019-49969

Pere, have you tried checking the AVG log files? It could be that it is preventing the latest XRoar from making certain system calls or is placing XRoar in a sandbox. If so then there should be a way to make AVG ignore XRoar, but not having AVG I can't help much on that matter. If all else fails you...
by Alastair
Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:35 am
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: xroar-snap-2019-49969
Replies: 28
Views: 48025

Re: xroar-snap-2019-49969

Pere, I've tried both 32 and 64 bit versions of xroar-snap-2019-49969 on Win 10 and they both work. I did notice, however, that the personal firewall asked for permission for XRoar to access dwmapi.dll and WerFault.exe, perhaps your firewall is blocking this access (since I have never tried other ve...
by Alastair
Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:55 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Launching Dragon 32 games in floppy format ?!
Replies: 14
Views: 16669

Re: Launching Dragon 32 games in floppy format ?!

Hello, and welcome to the forum! Sebiohazard, there are two ways to run machine language programs in DragonDOS. The first, using your example of RACER.BIN, is LOAD"RACER.BIN" EXEC the second, and perhaps more convenient method, is RUN"RACER.BIN" Note that for BASIC programs (those with a .BAS extens...