The Sprinter (also called Peters Plus Sprinter or PPS ) is a microcomputer made by the Russian firm Peters Plus, Ltd. 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 for different ZX-Spectrum models compatibility or its own enhanced native mode (set by default on boot and running the Estex operating system).
Specifications
The computer is built on a standard computer tower configuration, using standard floppy discs, CD-ROM and hard disk drives.67
- 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
External links
- Ivan Mak's website (in Russian)
- Sprinter unofficial site
References
"Sprinter / About". nedoPC community. 2020. http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/About ↩
"Peters Plus Sprinter hints & tools". z88dk. 2017. https://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id=platform:sprinter ↩
"Sprinter". Peters Plus Ltd. 2002. Archived from the original on 8 February 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030208004427/http://www.petersplus.com/sprinter/ ↩
Peters Plus. "Sprinter User Manual". nedoPC community. http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-User ↩
"Sprinter / About". nedoPC community. 2020. http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/About ↩
"Products: Computer Sprinter; Sp2000 (Standard set)". Peters Plus Ltd. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030203152939/http://www.petersplus.com/products/ ↩
"Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly". nedoPC. Retrieved 2023-01-31. http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-Assembly ↩