A5 brochure "Laat uw verbeelding maar spreken"
Dutch version of the Fire Your Imagination brochure

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A FAMILY COMPUTER TO LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD

MEET the Dragon, the new Dragon 32. It is the first of a whole New generation of microcomputers - British-engineered, British-built and ideal for any user.

For pupils, who as second nature with Learning Computers, for parents who have to deal with with a totally new technology, plus the incredible power that comes from your fingertips come out. At this time, In this way, learning becomes special.

Characterized by the standard typewriter keyboard that it comes with, everyone will be familiar. Takes a standard cassette recorder, makes connection to the UHF antenna input of your TV and then the big begins adventure.

With a large 32K RAM Built-in memory as standard the Dragon is very powerful. With Grasping this computing power children can use it after school Continuing the learning process at home, parents can be involved in this process and The whole family can enjoy hours of fun experience the wide variety of computer games that are currently available.

It is also possible, with a dedicated program, to learn to type. Family expenses can be calculated using a special budget program. Even new languages, used through this machine can be learned. Essentially, anything is possible with the help of Dragon 32's wide variety of software packages. And of course, by using of the built-in BASIC you can develop your own programs. BASIC has been developed in such a way that it is easy to learn. And now the fun begins.

Read more on the following pages about the miraculous possibilities that the new Dragon 32 brings to your home.

No other micro offers you more imagination!

THE RECOGNIZABLE KEYBOARD

One Look at Other Affordable Microcomputers tells us that the keyboard is usually the weak point. However, this is not the case with Dragon 32's professional keyboard that is guaranteed for at least 20 million attacks with In addition, the well-known layout that easily accessible to anyone.

MEMORY

A COMPUTER has 2 different memories The first memory, called ROM (Read Only Memory), the program saves control over the operation of your system and which cannot be changed by the user. On the Dragon 32, ROM is an impressive 16K memory that also it contains built-in Microsoft BASIC.

The second memory, called RAM, (Random Access Memory), contains the information you have, Programs, Input, Plus Graphics Images. RAM is a non-permanent memory and, if no longer needed, can be erased. With its 32K, the Dragon 32 RAM more than enough for the average needs of the user.

COLOR AND GRAPHICS

You will be amazed at the way in which colors can be played and how accurate they are can be defined.

BASIC contains commands to create lines, rectangles, circles, and arcs. Using the DRAW command you can also create irregular shapes and then copy or duplicate with the GET & PUT commands. It's all so easy.

Or use SCALE to resize or resize your creations. increase from % of the size, up to 16 times as large. When you're done, you can Fill the drawing with color by using the PAINT command.

In this way, up to 8 fully contiguous colour images are created and by intervening between these images, switch you get animation.

With the five different levels of resolution ranging from 512 blocks up to 49,153 pixels can be The powerful graphics possibilities of the Dragon 32 be used for land/ city maps, images/ drawings, charts, graphs Spaceships, Extraterrestrial creatures, whatever you can propose

SOUND GENERATION

The Dragon 32 can be used to create all kinds of sounds, including melodies and speech.

The SOUND command generates no less than 255 tones that can last from 1/15 to 15 seconds. The PLAY command uses default music indications over an area of 5 octaves to create your own music to match your graphics. And because the Dragon 32 is designed to send the cassette recorder sound, recorded speech or music to match your images, are put through the TV speaker.

You can also use the Dragon Computer Voice program that allows you to work with your computer communication. This is what you call flexibility.

LANGUAGE

BASIC is, as the name suggests, one of the simplest computer programming languages to learn. With Dragon, we're one step further Moved.

Using Microsoft Extended. Color. BASIC, it is Dragon 32 operating system immediately accessible to the user, but contains all the components even needs an expert. For example, all standard mathematical calculations and functions, string handling, display and print. It's all in there, including a line editor that makes it possible to edit programs to suit your needs.

You can find all the details of these possibilities in the 160 pages of instructions that come with each Dragon 32 shipped. It is a guide in which everything step is indicated by approx. 60 programmes to improve the Dragon 32 to become one of the most flexible and easy-to-use microcomputers on the market.

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