Dragon MSX

The Dragon MSX MSX 1 home computer was designed by Radofin (the creators of the Mattel Aquarius) for Eurohard, which were known for their Dragon 200 home computer, a clone of the TRS-80 Color Computer.

Dragon MSX
Dragon MSX and a Toshiba T1000 at MadriSX 2001 fair
DeveloperRadofin
Typeprototype home computer
Release dateUnreleased 2001
Operating systemMSX BASIC V1.0
CPUZilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz
Memory64 KB RAM / 32 KB ROM
SoundGeneral Instrument AY-3-8910 (PSG)
Dragon MSX
Dragon MSX-64

It is very rare, as only a few prototypes were ever built.

Tech information

  • Video Display Processor: Texas Instruments TMS9918 with a Video RAM of 16 KB and this BASIC modes :
    • SCREEN 0 : text 40 × 24 characters, 2 colors
    • SCREEN 1 : text 32 × 24 characters, 16 colors
    • SCREEN 2 : graphics 256 × 192, 16 colors
    • SCREEN 3 : graphics 64 × 48, 16 colors
    • Sprites: 32, 1 colour, max 4 per horizontal line
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gollark: The core self-replicator bit.
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