[Coco] [SPAM] Buying a Dragon from California Digital - Has anyone?

[Steve Batson]

Not knowing much about the Dragon, how compatible is it with the CoCo?

Will the CoCo Disk Controllers or other cool hardware people have developed work with it?

Failing the Disk Controller, would Drivewire work with it? (I haven't ventured into that yet)

Will any of the CoCo .BIN files work on it? 

How compatible is CoCo Basic with it?

I live in California, just trying to figure out if it's worth my money to get one. I don't know that I'd be doing a ton of programming and if I didn't have much software for it, I fear it would just be taking up space.



On Mar 20, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Matthew Dugal <leobaby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bought two in December. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 20, 2015, at 7:30 PM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This is the same message I got when asked them in 2013 about Tanos. Bought
>> it and they shipped it fast.
>> 
>> 
>> Luis Felipe Antoniosi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Has anyone actually bought a Dragon from California Digital recently?
>>> 
>>> I sent them an email and received a rather generic response (below).
>>> Between that and the malware warnings, I’ll admit to being a bit hesitant
>>> to
>>> send a Paypal.
>>> 
>>> Is MN east or west coast?  lol...
>>> 
>>> - Ed
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> 
>>>> From: catalog at cadigital.com
>>>> To: "Zippster" <zippster278 at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: March 20, 2015 at 4:03:14 PM CDT
>>>> Subject: Re: Tano Dragon Computers
>>>> 
>>>> California Digital still has a significant
>>>> number of Tano Dragon 64 computers
>>>> available.
>>>> Original retail price was $400.
>>>> California Digital is offering the
>>>> Dragon at only $49 each.  These are
>>>> brand new computers still in factory packaging.
>>>> 
>>>> Because each Dragon ships at 19 pounds,
>>>> the cost of shipping is substantial.
>>>> West Coast shipping costs
>>>> $23, East Coast is about $35.
>>>> Foreign: The postal service no longer
>>>> offers ocean/surface transit. The Dragon
>>>> must ship either by air freight courier or
>>>> air mail. Shipping cost to the UK and most
>>>> of Europe is about $90 each. WoW!
>>>> Additional information available at:
>>>> http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm <
>>> http://www.cadigital.com/computer.htm>
>>>> PAYMENT: PayPal is preferred. Our
>>>> payment e-mail address is:
>>>> laser at cadigital.com <mailto:laser at cadigital.com>
>>>> We also accept bank checks.
>>>> Several have asked how to proceed in
>>>> purchasing a Tano Dragon.
>>>> If you would like to transfer funds via
>>>> PayPal, we sugest going to PayPal.com
>>>> and opening an account if you do
>>>> not already have one.
>>>> Onced opened, go the the area where
>>>> it has a "transfer funds" box.
>>>> Transfer $49 per Dragon plus shipping.
>>>> user group site:
>>> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?11985-Tano-Dragon-64&s=f8ac100ed3320a7046ee1a472bdd542f
>>> <
>>> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?11985-Tano-Dragon-64&s=f8ac100ed3320a7046ee1a472bdd542f
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Zippster [mailto:zippster278 at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:44 AM
>>>> To: catalog at cadigital.com
>>>> Subject: Tano Dragon Computers
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, I am interested in buying 2 of the NIB Tano Dragons you have listed
>>> on your website. If they are available, please send what the cost with
>>> shipping to Faribault, MN 55021 would be and payment information. Thank
>>> you, - Ed
>>> 
>>> 
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