Home computers have been around long enough now for everyone to have seen, played and usually lost interest in most forms of computer game. Having exhausted the seemingly endless supply of games, most people sit down and begin to wonder to what practical use they can put their beloved micro to. It is at this time that most people realise that for any 'real' application the Dragon has many shortcomings such as poor communications ability, awful screen display, slow working speed, lack of software etc, and with the increasing number of desktop computers finding their way into offices, more and more people are becoming aware of just what is possible with a decent micro. It is due to these and other reasons that many home computer users are either using their Dragons to prop doors open and forgetting computers completely or are going out and buying something with a little more Whoomph.

The popular choices at the moment seem to be either the Atari STs or the ubiquitous IBM-PC or one of its many clones. But there are asmall number ot people who still keep the old Dragon handy simply because they have so much software or data for it. Having had to change computers several times in the past myself, I know that it can be very frustrating when you face a programming problem to which you already have the solution on an old machine. Well now thanks to Compusense's PC Convert packages it is a simple matter for you to copy them over to your new pride and joy(?).

There are currently two Convert packages available, one will transfer DragonDOS files (either dBASic or TeXT) to the IBM PC or one of its many compatibles. The packages are so easy to use that there is little to say about them!

Using Convert program couldn't be easier, you simply boot the PC and run it. A menu is displayed giving options that allow you to select the target pathname, target disc drive number, show the source disc directory etc, make your choices, put the DragonDOS/FlexDOS disc in one PC drive, a formatted PC disc in the other drive and make your selection from the disc directory displayed. The drives whrrr, the cursor blinks, and voila! your precious file is now available as a PC format text file.

For someone moving up (?) to a PC these programs are simply essential. Those of you who have decided to stay with your Dragon will not be interested in this review anyway (And I don't care!), if you have bought a PC then buy PC Convert,