The DraCo/Dracovision, the first "true" Amiga clone

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Yes, I'd call Draco an Amiga clone even if it was designed for nonlinear video and couldn't run all your game software.  After all, it was 040 or 060 and ran OS 3.1.  BUT their next system, the Draco Casablanca (which I own), is a black box that doesn't even read Amiga disks, or have a CLI as far as I can tell.  It runs some type of patched OS 3.1, but it's not a computer IMO unless I can figure out how to get into it.

[orb85750]

Hi there, if interest still exists and if there are people out there with Draco's and Casablanca's i'd be glad to share thoughts with you in the group i started a few weeks ago! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Draco-Casablanca/?yguid=345414320
I just hope this isn't considered a show-off.. :-) Strangely enough, nobody seems to have visited!

That group has been around for a couple of years, right?  Anyway, I'm still hoping to get an answer to my question there about the Casablanca (from Oct. 23), but I'm not holding my breath.

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That would be the site! Thanks Gulliver.

Very expensive.  Go to eBay for cheaper (and complete) Casablanca systems if you want one.

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I saw a Draco go for about £300 on ebay around 5 or 6 years ago.  I was tempted to buy it at the time, wish I had done now.

Yes I would have grabbed it.  However, the Casablanca is cheaper and far more common.  If you're patient, you should be able to pick one up for about $150-200 complete with 060 and 18 GB hard drive.

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Wow! Good price indeed!

Never see any one Ebay UK though.

Just checked ebay US and nothing on there atm.  I'd really like one to play around with, would be an excellent toy project to try and get OS3.9 or AROS 68k even running on it.

Here's one on eBay with "rendering acceleration" (i.e. 68060) and a 30-day warranty, but cosmetic condition doesn't look so great.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Germany-Casablanca-MacroSystem-Video-Editing-230-115V-/280588142599?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item41545b4807