ZX Format #06 29 июля 1997

Железо

Iron - A new project the firm Peters - "Sprinter". New Spectrum-compatible PC with a new generation of Speccy.

   News from the firm Peters.

music by Ironman
(C) RzhavelschikXLD
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 - Tell me, ZF6 already out?
 - What?

  - Why, you would like an article
 write about this Petersky
computer ...
 - What kind?
 - To scold a little, not like this very bloody messivo
on the screen ...
(From a real conversation with real user)



 So, recently held a second working
meeting of developers of the new Spectrum-compatible computer 
(working title Sprinter) with a group active in the St. 
Petersburg programmers. Was carried out to demonstrate graphics 
capabilities of the new machine and discussion number of 
hardware features. 

Main technical characteristics of the machine are as follows:

 1. Processor Z84C15 - 14MHz/3.5MHz.
 2. RAM - up to 4 Mb. (Possibly projecting any page in any 
window 16Kb of memory).  3. Video RAM - 192 Kb.

 4. 3'5 FDD, work with disks like 720Kb,
and 1.44Mb.
 5. Keyboard standard IBM-AT.
 6. The prospect of connecting IDE-HDD, serial mouse.
 7. Slots standard ISA-8 (which will
use a range of PC-shnoy periphery - modems, scanners, etc.)
 8. PAL - encoder, which will enable
podlkyuchitsya easily to a TV.

 In the car, several new
graphic modes, pozvolyayushih ask
zvet each point (up to 256 colors on screen at once, from a 
palette of 16mln. colors), as well as high-resolution mode. 
They are not presented because that can be changed.




 Interpretation to the director
 firm "Peters" their development they intend to "something"
 beat Amiga. Alleged

  Price of new car - 900 TR

 The discussion revealed a number of serious technical flaws, 
but pleased that representatives of the development team, with 
an emphasis treated to vyskazanym remarks and promised to make 
efforts to fix the found flaws. 

 With regard to in the title
Article discussions, then, alas - in fact,
Graphics machine is to put it mildly, in the
infancy. And if the producers even slightly the realties are 
interested in the chances on the survival of their offspring in 
a competitive struggle with the primitive top box, then

graphics should be subjected to a radical restructuring.
 At the meeting, several suggestions were made and
on improving graphics but will be
whether they are implemented - remains a question.

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