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- Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:45 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
- Replies: 7
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Re: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
If I think back, 99% of the time my Dragon was attached to a small, cheap b&w portable where I almost certainly didn't notice. Only once in a blue moon did I get to plug into my parent's colour TV (the computer was considered 'untidy' and wasn't allowed in to clutter the floor of the living room). I...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:40 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: Extra PCB fitted to Dragon 32
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10740
Re: Extra PCB fitted to Dragon 32
Quite a co-incidence this discovery, given my other thread about display quality! Like Alastair, I'd be intrigued to know which Dragons this would work with. Might it already have been done on the later issue5/6 boards, which is why they have a better quality display? Or is it better still? I love t...
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5179
Re: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
Ah, many thanks! I suspect I was just more forgiving of this kind of thing in my youth.
Any idea of how I could get hold of a later model? Is there a range of serial numbers to look out for? Would a Dragon 64 be more likely to have a later board?
Thanks!
Any idea of how I could get hold of a later model? Is there a range of serial numbers to look out for? Would a Dragon 64 be more likely to have a later board?
Thanks!
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:36 am
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5179
Re: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
I note from looking at this video on Youtube that he has the very same problem (vertical stripes). Does everyone's Dragon 32 display look like this? Has time erased the memory?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kibjr3z7 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kibjr3z7 ... re=related
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:28 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: It still works! But can I improve video quality?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5179
It still works! But can I improve video quality?
Hi all! Well, I'll be. My old Dragon 32 still works after all these years - just loaded 'Space Raiders' from tape for burst of nostalgia. I've got it connected via the composite out to a fairly modern TV, and I'm sure the video quality could be better. I've got vertical stripes, about the same width...
- Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:21 am
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4727
Re: Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
Brilliant, that worked perfectly, thanks. Never having had floppy disks, I wasn't aware of the subtleties.
Now, what would I need to do this for real? A dragon 64, obviously, a DOS cartridge and drives. Any pointers as to what I should look out for?
Thanks all!
Now, what would I need to do this for real? A dragon 64, obviously, a DOS cartridge and drives. Any pointers as to what I should look out for?
Thanks all!
- Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:47 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4727
Re: Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
Hi Simon, and many thanks! Alas, I now feel a bit foolish, as I'm not sure what to do next. I presume I need to rename the two Dragon 64 roms - I renemed the IC17 one to d64_1.rom, and the Superdos to sdose.rom, and that allowed me to start Xroar in D64 mode just fine. Not sure what to do with the I...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:01 pm
- Forum: Dragon General
- Topic: Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4727
Nitros9 on the Dragon 64 ...
Blimey, is it really 27 years since I was bought my first Dragon 32? Well, in a fit of nostalgia, I thought a fun project for the winter would be to build myself the totally maxed out, fully specced mega-dragon I could never afford at the far off age of 15 (but always dreamed of). The first step is ...