BASIC Manual

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Title	Description
An introduction to BASIC programming	Dragon Data version, fully searchable.
Dragon 32 Addition Information	An addendum to early BASIC manuals
ERRATA TO An Introduction to BASIC Programming	Correcttion to early BASIC manuals
Dragon 64 Supplement	Complement the standard D32 BASIC for the Dragon 64.
Italian Introduction to BASIC Programming	Direct Italian translation of the manual
Finnish FINLUX Dragon 32 Handbook/Manual	As supplied with the Finlux Dragon 32
Finnish FINLUX Dragon 64 Liite (Supplement)	Finlux version of the Dragon 64 Supplement
Norwegian Introduction to BASIC Programming	Direct Norsk translation of the manual
Spanish Eurohard Introduction to BASIC Programming	Direct Spanish translation by Eurohard
Spanish Eurohard Dragon 200 Reference	Dragon 200 manual
Spanish Eurohard Tame Your Dragon	Complement to 200 manual (very simple)

'An introduction to BASIC programming using the DRAGON - By Richard Wadman'

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This manual came with your Dragon 32/64 and was designed to lead you through setting up your Dragon and getting you programming in the world of BASIC. The manual is *excellent*, probably one of the best that came with any 8-bit at the time, with good examples, command overviews etc. It also helped the Dragon for being known as a 'programmers' machine,adding to it's real keyboard, good Microsoft BASIC and the 6809 processor, one of the best and easiest 8-bit CPU's to work with.

During the life of the Dragon 32/64 there appears to have been 3 slight variations in the manual. The first release appears to be in the Arial font, with code examples not in bold and no 'little Dragons' to show significant sections. This release has an addition booklet 'Additional Information' (see below). The second variant now uses the New Times Roman font with, code examples in bold and 'little Dragons' added to help the user identify relevant sections. The 'Additional Information' is now incorporated into the back of the book, but is not indexed and no page numbers. The third variant has the additional information for the Dragon 64 incarcerated into the manual it's self and appendix E is born. The index was also updated to reflect the changes but the normal 'Additional Information' remains at the back of the manual, still with no page numbers or in the index.

Variant 2 of the manual is available for download in PDF format (3Mb zipped / Ver. 2 / updated 08-2018)

 

Additional Information - Dragon 32

This was released with the early Dragon 32's that had the Arial font style manual supplied. This information was later included into the BASIC manual it's self.

The Dragon 32 Addition Information is available for download in PDF format (500k)

 

ERRATA TO An Introduction to BASIC Programming

Obviously a few issues found in the manual.

The ERRATA TO An Introduction to BASIC Programming is available for download in PDF format (1.3MB)

 

On Launch the Dragon 64 was supplied with the normal Dragon 32 BASIC manual.  This provided the extra details of the 64, including the serial port and accessing the extra memory.  This information was later incorperated into the BASIC manual as an appendix.

Dragon 64 Supplement download (5MB)

 

Norwegian BASIC (Norsk) Release

As sold with the Dragon in Norway. Many thanks to Tom Granlund for the manual.

Norwegian Introduction to BASIC Programming download (5MB)

 

Italian BASIC (Edizione Italiana) Release

As sold with the Dragon in Italy

Italian Introduction to BASIC Programming download (6MB)

Spanish Eurohard Introduction to BASIC Programming download (33MB)

Spanish Eurohard Dragon 200 Reference/BASIC reference download (12MB)

'Amaestra tu Dragon' a complement to the Dragon 200 manual providing a very simple guide to getting started with BASIC.

Spanish Eurohard Tame Your Dragon, BASIC reference download (3MB)

Finnish FINLUX Dragon 32 Handbook/Manual download (36MB) Thanks to Elias for the original scans

 

Finnish version of the Dragon 64 supplement as supplied by FINLUX.

FINLUX Dragon 64 Supplement download (5MB)