Hello everybody

[Andrew]

Hello everybody
iam Andrew from northallerton north yorkshire in the uk
The dragon32 was the first computer i bought and still enjoying it well the first one got stolen just the console
still got all the other bits could not bring myself to get rid .So i tracked down a new old stock dragon32 for £50
and that was 20ish years ago then got another from ebay took delivery of it i was very happy has it had been
modified to d64 spec with rs232port That my dragon story so far now just some questions
1)How do you get into d64 mode
2)Is it possible to get os9 or flex on it without a diskdrive

The archive is just amazing on what is on it .
Many thanks to all the people + volenteers to keep the dragon ALIVE
Many thanks Andrew
and some pics of the mod

[rolfmichelsen]

You'll get in into D64 mode by typing EXEC just after startup. The cursor should then change colour to blue. The D64 supplementary documentation can be found in the forum's Upload section.

No, you cannot use OS-9 or FLEX without a disketter drive (or something that looks like a disk drive to the D64).

-- Rolf

[Andrew]

Hi rolfmicheleson
Thank you for the quick reply tried the EXEC did not work it said ?FC ERROR
so its been upgraded but not to D64 spec ? a D32 with extra memory and rs232 port if thats what it is. If that is the case how do i get to use them.
Many thanks
Andrew

[rolfmichelsen]

Sorry, but I do not have any experience with this kind of upgraded D32. Anybody else? You might find some information in the book Inside the Dragon, appendix 5, that you can use to enable the extra memory. The book is available from the wiki.

-- Rolf

[admin]

This looks like its been upgraded to D64 spec, but does not have the D64 roms - so its booting straight into D32 BASIC. This sort of upgrade would have been used by either somebody writing their own code, and/or to run OS/9 and FLEX via disk as both need 64KB RAM and a Serial Port to boot.

[Andrew]

Hi rolfmicheleson + admin
Thanks for the replys i will look into inside the dragon book +
how would one get the D64 roms from as i would like it D64
get the best of both worlds hopefully !! fingers crossed
Many thanks
Andrew