Sprinter (computer)

Sprinter
ManufacturerPeters Plus, Ltd.
TypeHome computer
Released1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Discontinued2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Estex, Sinclair BASIC, TR-DOS
CPUZ84C15 @ 21MHz / 3.5MHz, Altera PLD
Memory4MB RAM
DisplaySECAM TV, CGA monitor; 320 x 256 with 256 colors, 640 x 256 with 16 colors, text mode 80 x 32 with 16 colors
SoundBeeper, AY-3-8910, 16-bit DAC
ZX Spectrum

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.

References

  1. ↑ "nedoPC - Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly - browse". www.nedopc.org.
  2. 1 2 "Sprinter / About". nedoPC community. 2020.
  3. ↑ "Peters Plus Sprinter hints & tools". z88dk. 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sprinter". Peters Plus Ltd. 2002. Archived from the original on 8 February 2003.
  5. ↑ Peters Plus. "Sprinter User Manual". nedoPC community.
  6. ↑ "Products: Computer Sprinter; Sp2000 (Standard set)". Peters Plus Ltd. 2002. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003.
  7. ↑ "Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly". nedoPC. Retrieved 2023-01-31.