Sprinter (computer)

{{Short description|Russian microcomputer which is ZX-Spectrum compatible}}

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| Type = Home computer

| manufacturer = Peters Plus, Ltd.

| Released = {{Start date and age|1999}}

| Discontinued = {{Start date and age|2003}}

| Processor = Z84C15 @ 21MHz / 3.5MHz, Altera PLD

| Memory = 4MB RAM{{Cite web|url=http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-Assembly|title=nedoPC - Sprinter / Sp2000-Assembly - browse|website=www.nedopc.org}}

| OS = Estex, Sinclair BASIC, TR-DOS

| display = SECAM TV, CGA monitor; 320 x 256 with 256 colors, 640 x 256 with 16 colors, text mode 80 x 32 with 16 colors

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| predecessor =

| compatibility = ZX Spectrum

| sound = Beeper, AY-3-8910, 16-bit DAC

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The Sprinter (also called Peters Plus Sprinter or PPS {{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Sprinter / About |url=http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/About |website=nedoPC community}}{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Peters Plus Sprinter hints & tools |url=https://www.z88dk.org/wiki/doku.php?id=platform:sprinter |website=z88dk}}) is a microcomputer made by the Russian firm Peters Plus, Ltd.{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=Sprinter |url=http://www.petersplus.com/sprinter/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030208004427/http://www.petersplus.com/sprinter/ |archive-date=8 February 2003 |website=Peters Plus Ltd.}}{{Cite web |last=Peters Plus |title=Sprinter User Manual |url=http://www.nedopc.org/nedopc/Sprinter/Sp2000-User |website=nedoPC community}} 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).