Advert Early 1980s

Before we made it clever, we made it simple

A Dragon Data advert for the Dragon 32 "Family Computer". It compares the Dragon with an abacus: thousands of per cent more capable, but built on the same principle of simplicity.

Price: £199.50, TV not included
Processor: 6809E, "the most powerful eight bit processor available"
Memory: 32K RAM, "at least twice the memory of most similarly priced machines", expandable to 64K
Keyboard: "Typewriter feel. Guaranteed for 20 million depressions."
Display and sound: 9 colours, 5 resolutions; 5 octaves, 255 tones

Try the computer from the ad → Original in the archive →

Scan: Dan at the Retro Collective, via the Dragon Data Archive