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

[orb85750]

That would be the site! Thanks Gulliver.

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

[nicholas]

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

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.

[jaesonk]

Cassie Classic is probably cheaper to acquire than a DraCo.  They seemed to me to be more of an easier to use DraCo-lite targeted at consumers rather than a higher end market.  After stepping onto the scene with the expensive DraCo, it'd make sense to try again with a lite version that was less expensive.

What's the Cassie Classic look like on the inside?  Anyone have pictures?  Are any chips compatible with the DraCo?  Could be a source of parts.

Anyone have documentation for the DraCo expansion ports/sockets, like the socket for the DEC-ALPHA accelerator?

[Gulliver]

@jaesonk

The inside of the Casablanca

http://www.amiga-hardware.org/images/d/d2/Casablanca_2_big.jpg

[orb85750]

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.

[nicholas]

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.

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.

[slayer]

I have 2 draco cubes but never turned either on yet, infact one is still packed (hmmm, 5 years and counting probably LOL). They are certainly well built and look very cool!

I've recently been intouch with the person who sells the modified AmigaOS3.9 on CDRom still... but decided at the end not to get it... he wants 65 euro which I think isn't very fair since you can get the Cybergraphics and AmigaOS3.9 for under 10 euro each... I do own both etc

If anyone can help me in obtaining this I'd be very pleased, PM me

He didn't reply to that last email...

Anyway, interesting thread :-)

[orb85750]

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

[jaesonk]

You can't install the regular Amiga OS3.9 on a DraCo, or OS3.5.  DraCo requires special patching for OS3.9 or OS3.5 installation.

[nicholas]

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

Thanks! Hmmm... Feed my kids or make a bid? Lol

[nicholas]

You can't install the regular Amiga OS3.9 on a DraCo, or OS3.5.  DraCo requires special patching for OS3.9 or OS3.5 installation.

I'm thinking more along the lines of AROS 68k.

[salax54]

Well, folks, i'm actually glad you haven't seen what i have seen a couple of weeks ago on the Austrian ebay! I'm saying this, because you would 've been as depressed as i have! There came around the "chance of a lifetime", really! This guy sells a couple of Draco cubes, and a tower, plus all the extra paraphernalia you could imagine of! And i says OMFG! I'm gonna hit this one! Allas, shipping was beyond just forbidding...
Even though he stated shipping within EU would be around 220,00€, when i asked for more details, he said: i don't ship to your country, you gotta find your own courrier! (mind you, the auction claimed Shipping:Worldwide)
So, i started searching for the right courier. To better understand the size of the whole whatchamacall it, it measured 100x100x160cm, and weighted 150kgs!!! Most wouldn't deal with a set like that, and only one of the well-known couriers would do it, for the special price of 2700€.
That ended the dream for me as you can understand...
Although the auction ended rather cheap (ultra-cheap i would say), and i was prepared to spend up to maybe 1000€, the whole deal would simply take off!
And now, hopefully you'll still have some time to browse through this deal until it's erased from the "bay" by clicking here: http://cgi.ebay.at/Macro-System-Draco-Cube-Amiga-Videoschnittsystem-V-Lab-/220685592107
Warning: not for the faint-hearted! I'm sure Draco lovers will understand my feelings after this...

[nicholas]

Well, folks, i'm actually glad you haven't seen what i have seen a couple of weeks ago on the Austrian ebay! I'm saying this, because you would 've been as depressed as i have! There came around the "chance of a lifetime", really! This guy sells a couple of Draco cubes, and a tower, plus all the extra paraphernalia you could imagine of! And i says OMFG! I'm gonna hit this one! Allas, shipping was beyond just forbidding...
Even though he stated shipping within EU would be around 220,00€, when i asked for more details, he said: i don't ship to your country, you gotta find your own courrier! (mind you, the auction claimed Shipping:Worldwide)
So, i started searching for the right courier. To better understand the size of the whole whatchamacall it, it measured 100x100x160cm, and weighted 150kgs!!! Most wouldn't deal with a set like that, and only one of the well-known couriers would do it, for the special price of 2700€.
That ended the dream for me as you can understand...
Although the auction ended rather cheap (ultra-cheap i would say), and i was prepared to spend up to maybe 1000€, the whole deal would simply take off!
And now, hopefully you'll still have some time to browse through this deal until it's erased from the "bay" by clicking here: http://cgi.ebay.at/Macro-System-Draco-Cube-Amiga-Videoschnittsystem-V-Lab-/220685592107
Warning: not for the faint-hearted! I'm sure Draco lovers will understand my feelings after this...

I am so depressed after looking at that auction!

[tone007]

Warning: not for the faint-hearted! I'm sure Draco lovers will understand my feelings after this...

WAOooAOOAOAREROHHH

[magnetic]

Hey guys

Just so you know I'm selling my Uber Rare DraCo VISION Cube with DV Module and hundreds of gbs of space! (hours and hours of video) Has a nice 060 board and Cybergrafx! Superb condition complete with keyboard and mouse and has tons of software installed Like Dir Opus, Image Fx, Monument Designer and more!  

Selling it because I just acquired an a4000T!  Let me know if you are interested.

Thanks

[actung_bab]

you know you dont have to have things sent by air  brought set speakers for usa ebay
was from texas (they do things big there ) l live in new zealand so by austrila
air freight was going cost fortune so he sent surface by sea was okay didnt take too long
thye big speakers too mind yu not 150 kg by any means maybe 40kg