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Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum
Comment That meant beating other classics such as the Apple II, BBC Micro, my own personal favourite the Amstrad CPC464, and others including the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32. Here at silicon.com we recently, rather unexpectedly, unleashed a tidal wave of... [22 Apr 2008]
ZX Spectrum crowned king of computer classics
News Bringing up the rear were the Dragon 32 (five per cent) and Acorn Electron with just three per cent of the vote. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum has been crowned the most popular first home computer, beating off competition from other classics such as the... [18 Apr 2008]
My first computer: The Dragon 32
News The company soon received a timely boost from its rivals: Acorn and even the mighty Sinclair were hit by supply problems, and, thanks to some heavy promotion by Boots the Chemist, Dragon 32s were flying off the shelves. [10 Feb 2005]
What was your first computer?
News THE DRAGON 32 One of our most popular video pieces ever was The Big Question: What was your first computer? first aired in April 2002. At the time it brought in a barrage of reader comments as you all became dewy eyed at the recollection of your... [14 Jan 2003]
Video games are 40 years old
News Technologies Time Forgot: The Dragon 32 http://www.silicon.com/a51158 It is 40 years since the birth of what is widely credited as the first video game, since students at MIT created an Asteroids-like program called Spacewar. [05 Mar 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Dragon 32
Comment The kids loved the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro, but Graham Hayday's memories of the Dragon 32 aren't quite so fond. It was made by a Welsh company called Dragon Data, which at the time was a subsidiary of toy outfit Mettoy. [11 Feb 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Dragon 32
News The kids loved the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro, but Graham Hayday's memories of the Dragon 32 aren't quite so fond. It was made by a Welsh company called Dragon Data, which at the time was a subsidiary of toy outfit Mettoy. [08 Feb 2002]
The Jeffrey Archer angle
Comment When I was a lad, my parents bought me a Dragon 32. Twenty four hours is a long time in politics. Too right: it took us nearly that long to find an IT angle on the unfortunate incarceration of Lord Jeffrey Archer. [27 Jul 2001]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Vic-20 and the Commodore 64
Comment Next week: the Dragon 32 I probably don't deserve to write silicon.com's eulogy to the Commodore 64 because I have a shameful secret. A secret, nearly 20 years later, I only now dare tell. I'd had my C64 - a Spectrum replacement - for just a couple... [24 Dec 1982]
