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video of G&C Dragon booth from ITV in the 80's

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:47 pm
by turnkit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kI0urN9tI around 10:30 shows G&C Dragon booth at "The Earl's Court Computer Show" in the U.K.

I was reading the history page and thought this video helps bring the "Tandy..." paragraph a bit more to life.

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what the heck is with this message board? I can't create an account using my gmail account (refused -- blocked by admin). There is no contact email for the admin. The board is full adverts for a certain "medical enhancement" pill.... hmm..

Re: video of G&C Dragon booth from ITV in the 80's

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:20 pm
by admin
Sorry about that - Too many spammers using GMAIL and given I have so little time to moderate/administrate things I have had to block it.

Re: video of G&C Dragon booth from ITV in the 80's

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:25 pm
by heatsink128
Interesting show, thanks for the link, nice to see Sir Clive too!
BTW: Why were Dragon planning to launch a MSX? Seems like a backwards step from the 32/64, would this have been a really cheap entry level machine cheaper than the 32?

Re: video of G&C Dragon booth from ITV in the 80's

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:50 pm
by admin
The Dragon MSX, or at least certainly the prototypes that Eurohard gave to its employees was a rebadged Radofin MSX - not sure if Radofin actually marketed their own or just made this one for Dragon Data/Eurohard.

They also had the Dragon Alpha and Beta projects ongoing at the same time, but aimed towards the business rather than consumer market.

Re: video of G&C Dragon booth from ITV in the 80's

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:56 pm
by heatsink128
That's interesting, perhaps that is what the Aquarius III was going to be before Mattel pulled the plug??