development platform - FAQ Sprinter: Questions and Answers.

<b>development platform</b> - FAQ Sprinter: Questions and Answers.

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This FAQ provides answers to the most
Frequently Asked Questions Sprinter.
FAQ does not contain the answers to a purely
technical issues. They can be found in
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Q: What is the price of the computer and motherboard
Sprinter in different configurations?

A: The price of the computer in standard
complete - 120 U.S. dollars registered in the standard
equipment includes a system unit in
housing MiniTower, keyboard AT, mouse
MS-Mouse. In the system block includes a block
supply fee Sprinter, 3.5 "drive.
The price for a separate fee collected from 4Mb
RAM and 256 video RAM - 80 cu All
controllers, disk drive, hard drive,
keyboard, mouse are on board. So
The board also includes a panel under the CMOS-clock -
Dallas. For an extra fee, the prices
components, the computer can be
installed hard drive, CD-ROM, 5.25
drive, CMOS clock Dallas, an additional
Video RAM, Hayes-modem.

Q: Can I buy clean clothes and
a set of core LSI Self
build?

A: Nope. Sales of clean clothes and basic
component parts not made, so
as a fee rather complicated to set up and
assembly. Processor and the main PLA have
planar pin pitch less than 1 mm.

Q: What is the Spectrum software runs on
Sprinter?

A: 99%. Part of the program works
sprinterovskom standard mode. Part
requires a change of regime at the Pentagon-128
or Scorpion-256. Part of the work only
at podgruzku standard firmware versions
Rom. Some programs may not
work due to the fact that they were written under the
non-standard peripherals.

Q: What software is available for the sprinters and
at what price?

A: All the software written for sprinters, the
Currently, distributed free of charge.
From the software under the Sprinter
there is the following: Dos Commanderie.
(Author: Denis Parinov) Working with MS-DOS
Disk 720/1.44Mb hard drives
appended work with CD-ROM Graphics
editor. (Author: Denis Parinov) Under
advanced graphical display at 320x256
256 colors. Terminalka under Haes. (Author:
Alex Gavrilenko) Terminalka works
has the ability to send / receive files
protocol X-modem, Y-modem, Z-modem and
Some of their species. Progryvatel
CD-ROM. (Author: Denis Parinov) Blochnik
RAM-Disk-and for the iS-DOS. (Author: Paul
Falcon) printer driver for the iS-DOS.
(Author: Denis Parinov) GFX-viewer (Author:
Anton Enin) Viewing BMP, PCX,
planned and other formats. He has
browse and Spectrum screens (as
with attributes and without) and the icons :-) Demos
Different :-) (Authors: Anton Enin, Denis
Parinov, Ivan Mak) Last squeak :-) deme
DooM (Author: John Mack)


   From what is written:
Multi-editor-assembler. (Author:
Anton Enin) with an interface type
Borland-Pascal beta version is already running
as an excellent text editor
Graphic Commanderie like
Win-Comander-a. (Author: Anton Enin)
PKT-viewer. (Author: Renat Mammadov
known as "Mr. Gluck" :-))

It is worth mentioning adapted to
Sprinter Spectrum program: (although
value adjustment for someone can be
doubtful): F-Commander (sprin.myshka)
Commander DOS (sprin.myshka) Font Editor
(Sprin.myshka) ZX Word (printer driver;
QWERTY for AP-Claudia) C-Warp (Library
for a text screen sprinter)

Q: What are the limits on the hard drive?

A: The fundamental limitation on the amount of
128 GB hard drive, which
conditioned on the standard IDE-LBA mode.
The maximum amount of hard drive, which is already
connected, 4.3 gigabytes.

Q: Why has the Sprinter bus ISA, rather than
Standard Spectrum?

A: Fee Sprinter has in its composition
almost complete set of peripherals
devices, disk drive controller card,
drive, keyboard, mouse AT and MS-Mouse,
It was therefore decided that such
devices designed for the Spectrum and
under the Spectrum bus Sprinter is not
need, therefore Sprinter wrong
much needed Spectrum bus. But
Sprinter needs Hayes-Modem, which has
bus ISA, and therefore it was chosen.

Q: But there are other devices
Spectrum developed under the bus, but
not available in the Sprinter. For example,
XTR-Modem and General Sound. Can they
connect?

A: Yes you can. This requires
Bus adapter with ISA, the bus ZX. This
adapter has been developed and allows
connect two devices with the bus ZX.

Q: Why is not sprinter
Kempston mouse, which has become the de facto standard
for the Spectrum?

A: The issue with the mouse controller was solved
line of minimal costs. Processor
Z84C15 incorporates a controller
serial interface through which
and a mouse is connected.

Q: Where can I find news about the Sprinter?

A: News about the Sprinter can also be
learn through the Spectrum in ekhi FIDO:
ZX.SPECTRUM, SPB.SPECCY, REAL.SPECCY, and
as ekhi network ZxNet HARWARE.ZX, CODE.ZX,
SPBZXNET.GENERAL. Detailed information about
Sprinter and the latest versions of software can be
get on the Internet at:
www.atlant.ru / peters More
technical information can be requested from
I soap through FIDO addresses
2:5030 / 529.24, 2:5030 / 776.24 or via
Internet address: ivan_mak@mail.ru