Sprinter
ManufacturerPeters Plus, Ltd.
TypeHome computer
Release date1999 (1999)
Discontinued2003 (2003)
Operating systemEstex, Sinclair BASIC, TR-DOS
CPUZ84C15 @ 21MHz / 3.5MHz, Altera PLD
Memory4MB RAM[1]
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
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.

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". 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.


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