Welcome Vato!

[zephyr]

Hi Vato,

Welcome to the forum!


I hope you don't mind me asking a few questions...

(1) How many Dragon's do you own

(2) Do they all run OK at double speed

(3) How many years have you been a Dragon owner


Regards,
Steve

[Vato]

zephyr,
thanks, no problem!

(1) Just one old, but fully working, Dragon 32 (sn. 94220).

(2) Yes it does.

(3) Got it in May 1983, so that will be 26 years, I guess.

Vato

[zephyr]

Thanks for the feedback!

(1) Were Dragon 32's sold in Sweden, or did you buy from the UK?

(2) Do you use a TV or a monitor?

[Vato]

no problem!

(1) I actually think it was bought in Norway. I got it from my uncle that lived in Norway at the time.

(2) I use a TV, connected from the monitor socket to the TV's Scart.

V

[zephyr]

Were Dragon 32's available from high street stores in Sweden/Norway at the time?

[Vato]

I don't think they were available in Sweden before late that year (83) or early the next, at least I never saw them in any stores around where I lived. I bought all my software by mail-order from the UK.

I just spoke to my uncle on the phone, and he said he bought mine at a bookshop in central Oslo. In fact he bought three, one for me, one for my cousin and one for him self.

Vato

[zephyr]

Interesting; I had no idea that Dragons had been on sale in Norway and Sweden.

[olaeld]

The Dragon was one of many computers on sale in Norway in the mid-eighties. Where I grew up, they were for sale in the book store. The Dragon could not compete with Commodore 64 in popularity, but had a loyal user base. A couple of games by Norwegian authors were released in the UK, namely Stone Raider II by Rolf Michelsen, North Sea Action by Geir Hovland, and Tetris by myself. Did I leave out anyone?

Now I wonder, were there any titles made by Danes or Swedes?

[sixxie]

I guess this means you had PAL out there - for some reason I would have guessed at SECAM!

[Vato]

Yes we have PAL here.

V