Dragon 200-E

The Dragon 200-E adapted the Spanish Dragon 200 for educational and text-oriented work. It added a Spanish keyboard and an enhanced character generator capable of displaying both upper- and lower-case letters.

The improvement addressed one of the original Dragon’s most visible limitations while preserving compatibility with Dragon 64 software and peripherals. It was one of the last production developments of the original Dragon architecture.

Notable Features

• Enhanced character generator supplied true upper- and lower-case text.
• Spanish keyboard included locally required characters.
• Retained the monitor-friendly Dragon 200 enclosure and Dragon 64 compatibility.

Historical Significance

• A practical regional and educational refinement of the Dragon platform.
• Among the final production computers sold by Eurohard before its collapse.

Collector’s Notes

• The E suffix and enhanced text hardware distinguish it from an ordinary Dragon 200.
• Verify accented-character output and keyboard mapping when testing the machine.

Specifications

Technical Information
Name	Dragon 200-E
Manufacturer	Dragon Data Ltd
Launched	Tuesday, January 1, 1985
Country	Spain
CPU	Motorola MC6809E at 0.89 MHz
Units Sold
Operating System	Microsoft Extended Colour BASIC; OS-9 with disk system
I/O	RS-232, cartridge, cassette, joystick, printer, RF and composite
Keyboard	Integrated Spanish full-travel keyboard
Storage	Cassette, cartridges and optional floppy drives
Sound	6-bit DAC and software-generated sound
Graphics	MC6847 graphics up to 256 x 192 monochrome
Display	32 x 16 enhanced text via RF or composite video
ROM	Enhanced Dragon firmware with upper/lower-case character support
RAM	64KB
CPU Speed	0.89 MHz