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2025-12-29: I have restored the wiki to a backup from the end of November. Starting in September 2025, accesses went form the 800MB-1.2GB range per month to 26GB in September, 42GB in October, and 70GB in November with most accesses originating from China. As soon as I realized what was causing all the access problems in November, I shut it down (it had reached 36GB by then) behind a password/login screen. The database had gotten corrupted, and I tried a restore from just before the spike in access but that didn't work. Thus, end of November. I still have the other daily backups so if there were any important additions in December, let me know and maybe they can be recovered. - Allen H.
Dragon
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MISSING PHOTO | |
| Name | Dragon |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Notes | Photo by S. Walgenbach |
| Info Source | Dean Leiber |
| About the Info Box | |
The Dragon 32 and 64 were near clones of the TRS-80 Color Computer made by Mettoy in the United Kingdom, specifically Wales, which has a red dragon in its flag.
There was also a "Dragon" (no 32 or 64 in the name) made by Tano for the United States market.
In addition to the ports and features standard to the CoCo, the Tano Dragon also had:
- Extended Color BASIC as standard.
- 48K available in BASIC compared to the CoCo's 32K.
- A parallel printer port.
- A 5-pin DIN port for a composite color monitor.
Reviews
| Magazine | Review | Author(s) | Month | Year | Page |
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| Dragon User | Same Chips, but a Different Cup of CoCo | "George Saint" | June | 1983 | p. 36 |
| Color Micro Journal | Inside the Dragon 32 | Bob Rosen | September | 1983 | p. 20 |
| The Rainbow | Enter the Dragon | Fred Scerbo | December | 1983 | p. 153 |
| Hot CoCo | Two Titans from Tano and Tandy | Guier S. Wright | December | 1983 | p. 74 |
| The Color Computer Magazine | The Dragon! A review of the computer — finally! | Doug Kelley and Larry Cadman | January | 1984 | p. 81 |
External Resources
- The Dragon Archive- a wiki much like this one, focused on the Dragon.
- Dragon Data - unofficial fan site.
- California Digital (archived) - a company that sold new old-stock Dragons as recently as 2017.