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**Diver** · 12 July 2008, 14:14

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

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Any of you old grislys available?

Last time I used it was on a Tandy. One of you Mac boys perhaps?

Ps. are MSC still going?

**Churchill** · 12 July 2008, 14:39

Originally posted by Diver View Post

Last time I used it was on a Tandy. One of you Mac boys perhaps?

Ps. are MSC still going?

The MAC boys? It's running on an 8 bit processor!!!

I used it on a Dragon 64. Along with 6809E assembler...

**Diver** · 12 July 2008, 14:45

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

The MAC boys? It's running on an 8 bit processor!!!

I used it on a Dragon 64. Along with 6809E assembler...

Dragon!

A Tandy by any other name is still a Tandy

**Churchill** · 12 July 2008, 14:54

Originally posted by Diver View Post

Dragon!

A Tandy by any other name is still a Tandy

A Welsh rip-off?

Not a bad machine for the time though. I enjoyed (ab)using it.

**Diver** · 12 July 2008, 15:06

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

A Welsh rip-off?

Not a bad machine for the time though. I enjoyed (ab)using it.

I used the 32 & 64 as well as the Tandy 80, they were all great fun

**Churchill** · 12 July 2008, 15:12

Originally posted by Diver View Post

I used the 32 & 64 as well as the Tandy 80, they were all great fun

Without foogling, do you remember the poke that would speed up the Dragon?

**Diver** · 12 July 2008, 15:17

Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Without foogling, do you remember the poke that would speed up the Dragon?

No, a long time and many OS/languages ago

Plus my addled brain is on a go slow today

**Diver** · 12 July 2008, 15:23

It's all coming back to me now

OK! I foogled it

# POKE 65495,0 let the processor double its ROM access speed. This accelerated the ROM-resident BASIC interpreter, but temporarily disabled correct functioning of the cassette/printer ports. Manufacturing variances meant that not all Dragons were able to function at this higher speed, and use of this POKE could cause some units to crash or run highly unstable, though with no permanent damage. POKE 65494,0 returned the speed to normal.
# POKE 113,18 would cause the computer to perform a warm start.

So long ago

**Churchill** · 12 July 2008, 15:31

Originally posted by Diver View Post

It's all coming back to me now

OK! I foogled it

# POKE 65495,0 let the processor double its ROM access speed. This accelerated the ROM-resident BASIC interpreter, but temporarily disabled correct functioning of the cassette/printer ports. Manufacturing variances meant that not all Dragons were able to function at this higher speed, and use of this POKE could cause some units to crash or run highly unstable, though with no permanent damage. POKE 65494,0 returned the speed to normal.
# POKE 113,18 would cause the computer to perform a warm start.

So long ago

Well foogled!

I admire your honesty.

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