Dragon users can breathe again. After a strange game of musical chairs amid the ruins of Dragon Data, the micro has been saved and future support is assured.

A Spanish company, Eurohard SA of Caceres, has bought all the assets of Dragon Data and plans to start manufacturing in Spain "at the earliest possible moment". This, according to a statement released last week, could be as early as September 1984, but Spanish sources were doubtful that Eurohard could organise itself that quickly.

The company, in which the public sector has a majority shareholding, will be building Dragon 32s and 64s, and future Dragon products. It will also control the distribution of Dragon products around the world.

Since February 1984, Dragon's UK distributor has been GEC (See issue 49) and this arrangement will continue. UK users can look to the wealthy GEC for continued support.

There are more familiar faces involved in the third piece of the jigsaw completed last week. Touchmaster, a new company rising from the ashes of Dragon Data, has as its managing director Brian Moore and as its commercial director Richard Wadman, both of whom held corresponding positions at Dragon.

Touchmaster's role in the new EuroDragon is central. It will help Eurohard get production rolling and will also be responsible for certain aspects - so far unspecified - of customer support and software sales in the UK.

Ultimately the main purpose of Touchmaster will be to develop and manufacture the Touchmaster pressure-sensitive pad and graphics tablet. It will undertake this work at Dragon's Kenfig plant in South Wales, with the financial support of Dragon's shareholders, Prutec. Touchmaster is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prutec.