Sprinter (computer)

Short description: Russian microcomputer which is ZX-Spectrum compatible

SprinterManufacturer| Peters Plus, Ltd.

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Type| Home computer
Release date| 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Discontinued| 2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Operating system| Estex, Sinclair BASIC, TR-DOS
CPU| Z84C15 @ 21MHz / 3.5MHz, Altera PLD
Memory| 4MB RAM[1]
Display| SECAM TV, CGA monitor; 320 x 256 with 256 colors, 640 x 256 with 16 colors, text mode 80 x 32 with 16 colors
Sound| Beeper, AY-3-8910, 16-bit DAC
Backward
compatibility| ZX Spectrum

The Sprinter (also called Peters Plus Sprinter or PPS [2][3]) is a microcomputer made by the Russian firm Peters Plus, Ltd.[4][5] It was the last ZX Spectrum clone produced in a factory.

It was built using what the company called a "Flex architecture", using an Altera PLD as part of the core logic. This allows the machine's hardware to be reconfigured on the fly [2] for different ZX-Spectrum models compatibility or its own enhanced native mode (set by default on boot and running the Estex operating system). This design is comparable to the design of Jeri Ellsworth's C-One reprogrammable computer.[citation needed]

## Specifications

The computer is built on a standard computer tower configuration, using standard floppy discs, CD-ROM and hard disk drives.[6][7]

* CPU: Z84C15 at 21 MHz or 3.5 MHz, Altera PLD
* Video output: SECAM TV or CGA monitor
* Graphic modes: 320 x 256 with 256 colors, 640 x 256 with 16 colors, text mode 80 x 32 with 16 colors, 16 million color palette, 256/512 Kb video RAM
* Sound: Beeper, AY-3-8910, 16-bit DAC
* IDE & FDD onboard controllers
* Two ISA-8 slots

## References

1. ↑ "nedoPC - Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly - browse". http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-Assembly.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sprinter / About". 2020. http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/About.
3. ↑ "Peters Plus Sprinter hints & tools". 2017. https://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id=platform:sprinter.
4. ↑ "Sprinter". 2002. http://www.petersplus.com/sprinter/.
5. ↑ Peters Plus. "Sprinter User Manual". http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-User.
6. ↑ "Products: Computer Sprinter; Sp2000 (Standard set)". 2002. http://www.petersplus.com/products/.
7. ↑ "Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly". http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-Assembly.

## External links

* Ivan Mak's website Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
* Sprinter unofficial site

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