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by tjewell
Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Wessex Wyvern expansion box?
Replies: 4
Views: 7274

Re: Wessex Wyvern expansion box?

And I've found another expansion box - this time it's 6 (yes, SIX) expansion sockets on Andtek's ANDBUS. Another expansion I'd never heard of until I saw it in the brochure for 1985's 6809 Colour Show.
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by tjewell
Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Wessex Wyvern expansion box?
Replies: 4
Views: 7274

Re: Wessex Wyvern expansion box?

I've found a reference to the Wessex expansion box in, of all places, the last issue of Dragon Update (The NDUG magazine), where Clive Scott is complaining that it doesn't work very well! So at least we know it existed ... https://archive.worldofdragon.org/browse/downloads/Magazines/Dragon%20Update/...
by tjewell
Sat May 27, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Dragon Hardware
Topic: MXT I/O Controller
Replies: 27
Views: 20908

Re: MXT I/O Controller

Just spotted that Roy Coates (Roy, are you still on this forum?) reviewed the cartridge in the April 1986 issue of Dragon User - https://archive.org/details/dragon-user-magazine-36/page/n11/mode/2up - Roy gives some examples of how it could be used. I love the fact you could just plug mains cables i...
by tjewell
Fri May 26, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Wessex Wyvern expansion box?
Replies: 4
Views: 7274

Wessex Wyvern expansion box?

I stumbled across this while doing tweet research - a mention of a Wyvern expansion module for the Dragon, made by Wessex Microcomputers with help from Compusense, back in November 1983. Now, a few years later, Compusense are indeed offering an expansion box - but I've pretty sure that's the big bla...
by tjewell
Mon May 01, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: French Dragons and the PN41503 motherboard
Replies: 8
Views: 19759

Re: French Dragons and the PN41503 motherboard

Hi Stew! It's been a while, you keeping well? I've tweaked the wiki here - https://worldofdragon.org/index.php?title=Motherboard_Pictures - to reflect this. Initially it gave the impression that the SECAM board was simply another variant - and this definitely isn't the case! Anyone want to improve t...
by tjewell
Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: French Dragons and the PN41503 motherboard
Replies: 8
Views: 19759

French Dragons and the PN41503 motherboard

Evening all! I've been tweeting about French Dragons (check out my daily Dragon tweets at @herebedragons3), and becoming increasingly intrigued. There seems to be two main types - the one with the daughterboard and second DIN output, and the one with a bunch of new circuitry on the PSU board, which ...
by tjewell
Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:24 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: bin2cas.pl 3.14
Replies: 2
Views: 3880

Re: bin2cas.pl 3.14

I still use this :)
by tjewell
Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:22 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Prológica CP-400 Color & LZ Color64
Replies: 7
Views: 11172

Re: Prológica CP-400 Color & LZ Color64

A wee bit late to this (I really must check this forum more often!), but I think the CP400's are indeed PAL-M. My struggles to get a useable output from my pair drove me to do a bit of research, and I found this: http://www.retrowiki.es/viewtopic.php?t=200033264 I did the mods myself, and now the CP...
by tjewell
Thu Nov 25, 2021 6:13 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon Meetup - it's not long now!
Replies: 11
Views: 15161

Re: Dragon Meetup - it's not long now!

I've reserved a table for us in the pub for both night, just in case - the pub is the Devonshire Arms, near the train station. They don't do food any more - but this is a blessing in disguise, as they allow us to get takeaways from the pizza place opposite (and that's really good). Go in, past the b...
by tjewell
Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: Dragon Meetup - it's not long now!
Replies: 11
Views: 15161

Re: Dragon Meetup - it's not long now!

We'll miss you Rob, it won't be the same without you!

It would be good to have a Dragon Alpha, because there's going to be a few new people who've not seen one. Plus it's cool.