[Coco] DRAGON TANO Arrived

Thu Sep 27 10:03:24 EDT 2012


by cassette by now

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> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:56:14 -0400
> From: retrocanada76 at gmail.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DRAGON TANO Arrived
> 
> Yep, but how do you pass files to it ?
> 
> Since I don't have an old PC with 5.25 floppies and Drivewire won't
> work on it either.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Luis Fernández <luis46coco at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >> From: dragon.atv at gmail.com
> >> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:34:08 +0200
> >> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] DRAGON TANO Arrived
> >>
> >> The Dragon does have 12v output on its cartridge port.
> >> But you would need to build a 24 to 28 pin EPROM socket converter, or buy the DOS Adapter from Cloud9.
> >>
> >> On 27 Sep 2012, at 00:15, Luis Fernández <luis46coco at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Interesting
> >> > but as you do that,
> >> > I have another contoladora 26-3022 that requires 12v, (not for dragon or if?)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> >> CC: coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> >> From: dragon.atv at gmail.com
> >> >> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:45:47 +0200
> >> >> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] DRAGON TANO Arrived
> >> >>
> >> >> You need to replace the FDC rom.
> >> >> It's easiest to replace on the FD-502 which has a 28 pin EPROM in a socket.
> >> >> I've actually burnt  both the Tano Superdos rom and a CoCo Dos rom on one 16k EPROM and installed a DIP switch for a switchable Coco/Dragon controller.
> >> >>
> >> >> On 26 Sep 2012, at 23:38, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> should replace a Tano Rom or a FDC rom ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Ken H <dragon.atv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>> Luis,
> >> >>>> You can use your Tandy Floppy disk controller on the Dragon Tano.
> >> >>>> You just need to replace the ROM with a special version of Dragon Superdos on EPROM. Let me know if you need the tano SuperDOS bin file.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> You will then be able to run all Dragon disk software !  You can even use NitrOS9 on it (there's a special Tano version on the nightly builds).
> >> >>>> I just wish HDB-dos was ported over to the Dragon so that we could use SuperIDE.
> >> >>>> Ken
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On 26 בספט 2012, at 21:57, Luis Fernández <luis46coco at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Since I got my new dragon TANO, immaculate as new, I'm very happy
> >> >>>>> Although my heart is in the coconut, we must recognize that it has good things
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> There are only few, aprobechen, and will have the best of both worlds, only $ 45, lol
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Despite what I knew, I was struck by several things.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> The power adapter is external, black box, medium size, not like the commodore 64 (big),
> >> >>>>> but curiously has a switch off / on very convenient, not warms if off, another curiosity, plug in the dragon ATARI joystick is, 9 pin,
> >> >>>>> the kind of DIN Joistick are round like the coconut, I found something weak, 5 amps.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Because 64k, has 2 modes fiuncionamiento 32k, black cursor, 64 k blue cursor is passed with exec or exec 48000, in this mode has key repeat (Good)
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Has Reset, strange Parallel, Serial, monitor output, output I / O?, Perfect keyboard, 4 arrows,
> >> >>>>> cassette cable, video cable and antenna box, perfect Manual. with initial aid brochure and errata.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Monitor output with 3-pin DIN type GRN assets, Video and Audio, (this is the same as 2 RCA Audio and video?) Think that if
> >> >>>>> The output I / O intrigues me can have an A / D or D / A good resolution (just guess)
> >> >>>>> Cassette with 5 basic profits with printed manual, 70 pages
> >> >>>>> CCWRITER, Word Processor
> >> >>>>> CCMAILER, Mail list
> >> >>>>> CCMERGER, mix files?
> >> >>>>> CCFile, Database
> >> >>>>> CCCALC: Spreadsheets
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Games Without Manual
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> DRAINTRO: Dragon Intro (Text Adventure)
> >> >>>>> DRAGON (Adventures in text)
> >> >>>>> COURIER, game graphics plane in text, very well done, flies off lands
> >> >>>>> TOWER (Adventures in text)
> >> >>>>> GOLDDIS (Adventures in text)
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Very glad I got
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I will tell more
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
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> >> >>>>> CoCoDskUtilPack V 1.1.3A.zip, Scan magazines and organize maltedmedia
> >> >>>>> http://cococoding.com/cocodskutil/ Thank Aaron Wolfe
> >> >>>>> http://www.tandycoco.com Thank Brian Blake and Stephen Fischer
> >> >>>>> My personal blog: http://www.luis45ccs.blogspot.com,
> >> >>>>> Excuse my English, I use google translator, my language is Spanish, I'm Spanish but I live in Venezuela
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