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| The Sprinter is a modern 8 bit multiform
computer with Z84C15 CPU by Zilog® Inc..
The computer is multiform because it can
change its architecture and hardware
features during work.
For this feature the ALTERA® Corp. PLD
(Programmable Logic Device) is used. The PLD contains information about the Sprinter's hardware features; this information can be changed by loading a new variant of the architecture from an external file at any time. It might be a new variant of graphics screen, a new allocation of memory or several new ports for extended features of the computer. Therefore the Sprinter can have several variants of hardware (hardware configurations) for each user program if needs be. For example, the Sprinter has Spectrum Configuration to allow it to use Spectrum software. Other configurations allows to use all the graphics and sound features of the Sprinter computer. Spectrum Configuration is a first configuration for compatible with other popular computers. You can use several Spectrum modes of Spectrum clones without leaving your Sprinter computer. The Sprinter CPU (Z84C15) is fully compatible with the Z80, therefore Spectrum Configuration has compatible modes for all these Spectrum clones. Each mode has the usual Spectrum menu, Basic, AY, Kempston mouse, Tape, TR-DOS, original INT and ULA. Sprinter computer uses the standard peripheral. You can use Sprinter and your printer for printing text or figures, CD-ROM for playing audio CD, hard disk for storage your files, ISA modem for connect to other computers. We continue work for Sprinter computer. And we are ready to cooperate with software developers and distributors. If you have any questions about Sprinter, please contact us sprinter@petersplus.ru |
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