The Sprinter (also called "Peters Plus Sprinter" or PPS
) is a
microcomputer made by Russian firm Peters Plus, Ltd. It was the last "clone" of
ZX Spectrum
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Referred to during development as the ''ZX81 Colou ...
produced in a factory. It was built using what the company called a "Flex architecture". This uses an
Altera
Altera Corporation was a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1983 and acquired by Intel in 2015.
The main product lines from Altera were the flagship Stratix series, mid-ran ...
PLD as part of the core logic, allowing the machine's hardware to be reconfigured on the fly
for several ZX-Spectrum models' compatibility or its own enhanced native mode (set by default on boot and running the Estex
operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
). This design is comparable to the design of
Jeri Ellsworth
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's
C-One
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reprogrammable computer.
Specifications
The computer is built on a standard PC tower configuration, using regular floppy disc, CD and hard disk drives.
*CPU: Z84C15 at 21 MHz or 3.5 MHz,
Altera
Altera Corporation was a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1983 and acquired by Intel in 2015.
The main product lines from Altera were the flagship Stratix series, mid-ran ...
PLD
*Video output: TV or CGA monitor
*Graphic modes: 320x256 with 256 colors, 640x256 with 16 colors, text mode 80x32 with 16 colors, 16M color palette, 256/512Kb video RAM
*16 bit sound
*IDE & FDD onboard controllers
*Two ISA-8 slots
References
External links
Ivan Mak's website
Sprinter unofficial site
Home computer remakes
ZX Spectrum clones
Microcomputers
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