Dragon talks

SEVERAL companies have shown interest in acquiring the assets and name of troubled Dragon Data.

According to Brian Moore, Dragon’s managing director. Tandy has been holding talks with Robert Ellis. the receiver appointed by Dragon to wind up the company. John Sayers. Tandy’s UK managing director confirmed his company’s interest in Dragon. “We have explored many possibilities and I am now talking with Tandy in the US.”

The Dragon 32 and 64 machines are remarkably similar in design to Tandy’s own Color Computer. Apart from its keyboard reading and interfacing. the two machines are hardware and software compatible.

Another company interested in acquiring Dragon is GEC, which already handles their marketing. Brian Moore — himself a GEC employee on secondment to Dragon — confirmed the discussions with GEC.