SPRINTER

MR> you know, I had to write a few things for the release to get people
MR> interested. And don’t be a freebie like you - make an electric
MR> iron and force users to buy them while simultaneously developing a
MR> power station, because The iron is non-standard and requires terrible power and
MR> also non-standard electricity :))) Although it works like a simple
MR> iron, all its features for which you paid money are lost
MR> :)))

In my opinion, you are thinking something wrong!
And as for freeloading - no one has ever freeloaded here.

AE> In my opinion, you’re thinking something wrong!

this is an example of comparison. they sell you a device that works like a regular device, but has features that cannot be used due to the lack of any elements that are in the development stage (by the manufacturer), or options are offered for manufacturing these parts to the consumer himself. (meaning
software)

AE> As for freebies - no one has ever freeloaded from us.

The freebie is that the authors of the sprinter release the computer with virtually no
support, in the hope that buyers will immediately run to write the best
steering ones programs... This is a freebie.

Good Luck...

... MS-DOS: if you believe in a flat Earth, this is the OS for you.

MR> The freebie is that the authors of the sprinter release the computer with virtually no
MR> support, in the hope that buyers will immediately run to write the most
MR> steering programs... This is a freebie.

But what about everything once was released?
And there are people who write for SPRINTEPA and are not going to
slow down on this.

All the best!

AE> Yes, the development has already been completed (for this model)

again, you misunderstood. I don't mean hardware, but software. At this
moment - a bastard.

AE> But how was everything ever released?

aha!!! This is where you came in :)))

Spectrum would not have become so widespread in our country if
had not been:

a. easy to repeat on Soviet email. base
b. had a large number of different programs
c. didn’t need expensive equipment for work (cassette recorder
and TV)...

That’s why Atari, C=64, MSX didn’t become popular among us... They simply
could not be repeated... and the purchased ones were quite expensive.

And at one time we made PK-86, Orion-128... The last one even
was being finalized - its percentage on the Z80 changed, and the programs migrated from
Sinclair to it, with minor changes...

The Spectrum has always been good because with a minimum of costs, you get
THE MAXIMUM of everything. At the moment, the entire
Spectrum software can work on the Sprinter, which, of course, does not use a single
opportunity from the bells and whistles... (for which you pay money)...

AE> And there are people who write for the SPRINTER and are not going to
AE> slow down on this.

And I don’t argue that it’s always on There were
enthusiasts on various one-day computers. Only usually they did it for the sake of interest, but in this
case, apparently, it will be for the sake of profit.

Because. hopingthat without fish and meat - fish... i.e. The authors
hope that people will abandon their Spectrums and rush to buy
sprinters, for the sake of having bells and whistles... + will buy their programs,
because There are no other alternatives. Those. whoever is first gets more.

You can dream about quality, because... In this case, the laws of the market apply - the main thing is not good, but the fastest. (what we see every
day)... Yes, who can know how 'good' it should be on
a completely unknown machine?

On a simple Spectrum here, things have long been going not for speed, but for quality. Those. no one will make another boot, knowing in advance that it will be a mediocre repetition of some other people's
ideas..

p.s. Is the idea clear? What should have been done was not COMP, but AXEL!

Good Luck...

... An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting.

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█ Once upon a time, Friday January 09 1998 01:51, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Andrew Erushin:

MR> Spectrum has always been good because with a minimum of costs you get
MR> MAXIMUM of everything. At the moment, the entire
MR> Spectrum software can work on the sprinter, which, of course, does not use a single
MR> feature of the bells and whistles... (for which you pay money)...
You don’t need to say if you don’t know, Max. TURBO mode is already in use. Already
extended RAM is used, like RAM-Disk, and not only in TR-DOS, but also in IS-DOS.
Working with MS-DOS 1.44Mb disks is already used. Already using a hard drive. It's funny to talk about IBM-keyboard. There is no other one in Sprinter.
What kind of bells and whistles were not used? Extended screen? Used. The first version of a text editor for the extended 80-character mode has already been written.
...
MR> You can dream about quality, because... in this case, the laws
MR> of the market apply - the main thing is not good, but fastest. (what we see every
Two years of development of Sprinter - and is it the fastest?
...
MR> p.s. is the idea clear? We should have made not COMP, but AXEL!
Sprinter is COMP + AXEL!

░▒▓██ Sincerely, Ivan. ██▓▒░

TR-DOS 5.04Ei

IM> You don’t need to say if you don’t know, Max. TURBO mode is already in use. Already

Letter H in the mood, ok? What do I not know, tell me?

IM> extended RAM is used, like RAM-Disk and not only in TR-DOS, but also in

so, now in order:

1. Turbo modes in normal schemes are done on the 1st microcontroller.
2. 256k are obtained by RU7 installations. because Nowadays no one installs
sandwich-like PU5s, and using only 128k from PU7 is obvious
insanity.

So, your arguments about turbo/memory are not justified.

IM> IS-DOS. Already used to work with MS-DOS 1.44Mb disks. Already
IM> the hard drive is in use. It's funny to talk about IBM-keyboard. There is no other option in Sprinter
IM>. What bells and whistles haven't been used? Extended screen ?
IM> In use. The first version of the text editor for
IM> extended 80-character mode has already been written. ...

I have a programmer for the bus. Do you have this tire? The tire -
is scorpion-shaped, because it is the most standard (3 companies
use it)...

IM> Two years of development of Sprinter is the fastest?

I'm talking about software. if you had been making this model for 2 years, and at the same time
you had a staff of programmers writing support - yes... but so...

Good Luck...

... "Hey, Worf! I hooked Data up to a modem. Wanna see?"

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█ Once upon a time, Saturday January 10 1998 17:38, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

MR> The letter H is in the mood, ok? What do I not know, tell me?
Damned GoldEd... May he fail.

MR> so, now in order:

MR> 1. Turbo modes in normal circuits are done on the 1st microphone.
21MHz on one microphone? OSS - I highly doubt it.
MR> 2. 256k is obtained by installing RU7. because Nowadays no one is installing
MR> sandwich-like RU5s, and using only 128k from RU7 is obvious
MR> insanity.
What does RU7, RU5 and 256k have to do with it? I have no idea at all. I talked about RAM-Disks
3.5Mb in length in Sprinter-e.
...
MR> I have a bus programmer. Do you have this tire? The tire -
MR> is scorpion-shaped, because it is the most standard (3 companies
MR> use it)...
Only three? :-))
ISA-8 is on millions and millions of computers.

IM> 21MHz on one microphone? OSS - Very Strongly Doubt.

If you dig up the diagram accordingly, then on one. And if you don’t
change anything and add a turbo to the regular computer - 1-several.

IM> What does RU7, RU5 and 256k have to do with it, I didn’t get into it at all. I talked about RAM-Disk-ah
IM> 3.5Mb in length in Sprinter-e.

What does the sprinter have to do with it? You said that all monsters, if they have
turbo / memory 256k and other bells and whistles. I said that these are side
effects.

IM> Only three? :-))

four - branded Spectrum. (of course, there are not four of these machines in the world, the simple fact is that this bus is the most
widespread).

IM> ISA-8 is in millions and millions of computers.

These computers have been rotting in the trash for a long time.

IM> In modern times it was simply impossible. Especially when the hardware
IM> changed a hundred times per second.

How did other companies do it? Do you think everything was written at the last moment? Yes, the hardware even changed at the request of the programmers, so that
it would be better!

Good Luck...

... I admit it, I tried MS-DOS, but I didn't inhale.

MR> These computers have been rotting in the trash for a long time.
It’s terrible to feel sitting in the trash. :))
The decision about the bus was made based on the fact that it would connect to the Sprinter.
And these are Hayes and other gadgets from IBM.
And a bus similar to the Scorpion bus did not fit into the Sprinter concept.
...
MR> How did other companies do it? Do you think everything
MR> was written at the last moment? Yes, the hardware even changed at the request of the programmers, so that
MR> would be better!
Since in Sprinter the hardware did not change anywhere.
And we make Soft too. It’s not enough yet - I don’t argue, but it’s being done.

IM> Did I say so?! I don't remember this. I remember someone said that Sprinter is
IM> a monster, and I suggested that we love it. ...

Lana, let's go.

IM> It’s terrible to feel like you’re sitting in a garbage dump. :))

Do you have a garbage dump at home?! :-S

:)

IM> The decision about the bus was made based on what will be connected to
IM> Sprinter. And this is Hayes and other gadgets from IBM. A tire similar to the Scorpion tire did not fit into the Sprinter concept. ...

So... We've arrived. Sprinter is a fancy Spectrum, in which
there is nothing Spectrum...

1. the price is not Spectrum
2. the peripherals are crap
3. there are few programs for hardware
4. and even the STANDARD SPECTRUM bus is not included in this
concept...

Guys, maybe you should try making a PC? You will be the first Soviet
producers of pisish mothers. You have experience in creating monsters.
Only on these monsters, which are half-spectrum, you will not
make money.

IM> Since the hardware in Sprinter has not changed anywhere.

Because there are no programmers who will point out mistakes and ask
to change something... Just working with smart and affairs. done through ()()

IM> A Soft and we do it. It is still not enough - I don’t argue, but it is being done.

There must be software at the output of the machine. And it comes for free.

Good Luck...

... Windows Error 00B: Inadequate disk space. Need 50meg minimum.

Guys! enlighten the unenlightened what it is and what it is eaten with!
Preferably in more detail!!!

Happy!

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█ Once upon a time, Tuesday January 13 1998 23:52, Max Romanoff
█ wrote for Ivan Mak:

MR> is there a garbage dump at your house?! :-S
We won’t discuss this.
MR> :)

MR> So... We’ve arrived. Sprinter is a fancy Spectrum, in which
MR> there is nothing Spectrum-like..

MR> 1. the price is not Spectrum
Well, it’s not a ZX-Spectrum 48k.

MR> 2. the periphery is wacky
Is it really bad or what?

MR> 3. programs for hardware little
But it is written, written..

MR> 4. and even the STANDARD SPECTRUM bus is not included in this
MR> concept...
And only..

MR> Guys, maybe you should try to make a PC? You will be the first Soviet
MR> producers of pussy dams. You have experience in creating monsters.
MR> Only on these monsters, which are semi-spectrum, you will not make money
MR>.
And Sprinter is a PC - Personal Computer. Just not IBM, but PeterS!

MR> Because there are no programmers who will point out mistakes and ask
MR> to change something... Just work with the smart ones. and affairs. done through
MR> ()()
But you yourself only criticize 98% of your letters.

MR> There must be software at the output of the machine. Moreover, it is included for free.
System - yes. Let's see about the gamesеще.

I chto ya, kak pol'zovatel', budu delat' s etoi sistemoi? Nabirat' "DIR" i
nablyudat' za tem kak strochechki begut? Uzhe ne govorya o tom chto vot
Vy pod slovom "soft" sudya po vsemu podrazumevaete tol'ko sistemu i igry.
A dlya chego bol'shinstvo narodu pokupaet PCyuk? Pravil'no, chtoby
postavit' na nego Mrakosoft Office i nabirat' v Mrakosoft Worde dokumenty
- t.e. v kachestve pechatayushei mashinki. Sprinter pridet s tekstovym
processorom na urovne Mrakosoft Worda?

Teper' pereidem k developmentu. Nu vot, skazhem, sovsem ya oxrenel ot
tyazheloi amerikanskoi zhizni, i reshil chto-to napisat' dlya Sprintera.
Kupil Sprinter. Poluchayu li ya pri etom kompilyator C/C++? Otladchik?
Normal'nyi tekstovyi redator s podsvetkoi klyuchevyx slov i pr.? Mozhet
byt' integrirovannuyu sredu razrabotchika poluchayu? Net?

Nu vot i poluchaetsya, chto zhelezo to golen'koe...Nu idet na nem
Spectrumovskii soft. No ved' etot soft mozhno i na emulyatore zapustit' -
nichut' ne xuzhe, blago emulyaciya Spectruma dostigla nebyvalyx vysot. :(

BbIBOD:

1. Esli uzh Vam prispichilo tratit' den'gi na 8bitnuyu mashinu v 1998m
godu, po krainei mere pridelaite k nei CP/M-80. Eto Vam dast nekoe
kol-vo softa, prichem ne igrushek, a nastoyashego softa.

2. Bros'te vsyu etu zateyu, poidite na http://www.be.com/ i vstupite v
stroinye ryady poklonnikov BeOSa. Ta zhe obshaya ideya, no zato s
otkrytoi dver'yu v budushee.

Marat

IM> Well, it’s not a ZX-Spectrum 48k.

and not 256k.

IM> Is it really bad or what?

no, it’s expensive.

IM> But it’s written and written..

who are you counting on? "buy the best programs
that will be written tomorrow, and even if you buy a computer, otherwise they won't
write because no one needs it..."

IM> And only..

ONLY ONLY?! Nefiga...get yourself a lollipop...

IM> A Sprinter is a PC - Personal Computer. Just not IBM, but PeterS!

We won’t get into the subtleties of terms, but PC is already the way it is
- a platform based on MS-DOS/MS-WIN/Intel...

If you also call this thing a PC, it will be a complete bummer. :)

IM> But you yourself only criticize 98% of your letters.

Damn, it’s not surprising - you don’t even have a Spectrum bus.

IM> System - yes. And the games, let's look at them again.

System? What do you mean by that?

Good Luck...

... Windows/Borg: To become more powerful ... They both get bigger ...

MR> who are you relying on? “buy the best programs
MR> that will be written tomorrow, and even if you buy a computer, otherwise they won’t
MR> write because no one needs it...”
This is a vicious circle. If you don't tear it up, you won't get anything.

MR> Let's not get into the subtleties of terms, but a PC is already like that
MR> it's a custom - a platform based on MS-DOS/MS-WIN/Intel...
We won't.

MR> If you also call this thing a PC, it'll be a dead giveaway. :)
^^
Well, no! I'm not the one who called Sprinter this...

MR> System? What do you mean by this?
Sprinter Operating System.

IM> But this is not true at all. How much do Spectrum cards cost? And how many
IM> for PC. Multicard with HDD, FDD, Printer-port COM1, COM2 - $10. Expensive
IM> ?

So I’m talking about the same thing, why is the Spectrum needed in this case? I looked through
the computer price list, they offer three rubles for $100-150, in my opinion,
the only thing is without a monitor, but with a screw, etc.

s?

IM> This is a vicious circle. If you don't break it, you won't get anything.

You can try, but there is a risk of staying inside.

IM> Sprinter Operating System.

What does it support? What principle is it based on?

Good Luck...

... Insufficient memory: add 4 megs and retry

Hi, Marat!

15 Jan 98, Marat Fayzullin writes to All:

MF> 2. Bros'te vsyu etu zateyu, poidite na http://www.be.com/ i vstupite v
MF> stroinye ryady poklonnikov BeOSa. Ta zhe obshaya ideya, no zato s
MF> otkrytoi dver'yu v budushee.

BTW, BeOS now have port to Mac, that names Rapsody...

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team Horse aviation] [Team beer, girls & sofa]
[Team Electric welding Must Die!] [Team Khasan border guards]

Rhapsody i BeOS - eto dve sovershenno raznye sistemy.

BeOS - Sistema razrabotanaya Zhanom Lukom Gas'e, pervoncahal'no dlya
svoego PowerPCshnogo zheleza. Potom oni eto zhelezo brosili
po nerentabel'nosti i pereshli na Mac.

Rhapsody - Eto NeXTstep ot Steve Jobs prinyatyi v ob'yatiya Applom
i sootvetstvenno s nekotorymi navorotami ot Applovskoi
sobstvennoi MacOS (QuickTime, esli ne oshibayus', nekii
polu-emulyator MacOSa, i pr.).

Sootvetstvenno, za BeOSom idete na www.be.com, za Rhapsody - na
www.apple.com.

MF> I na chem zhe on pishetsya? Na assemblere? Ne smeshite kozu, gospodin
MF> Letaev. Esli Vam tak interesno, to mogu rasskazat' kakim obrazom
MF> "poluchaetsya MSWord" (k C eto imeet slaboe otnoshenie kstati), no eto
MF> vrode kak offtopic.

movno ne rasskazywatx o tom, kak pishutsq progi na bolxshih kompah,
odno qsno, chto ASM polxzuyut wse reve i reve, chacshe w
time-critical place. W osnownom na C. Ili emu podobnyh qzykah.

MF>: P.S. Sprinter is a great idea, and the main thing is not to spoil it right now!
MF> Da ne nuzhno ee portit' of course. Ona sama die v techenii 1-2 let.

eto slishkom smeloe utwervdenie (C) Reklama Poroshka. :). MF> konechno vsya eta zateya ne v blagotvoritel'nyx celyax, chto
MF> maloveroyatno). A v real'nom mire Vashi priority ne deistvuyut.
MF> Zhalko konechno :(

chto-to ty sam sebe protiworechish...

Good Luck...

... On a Pentium, when x=4195835.0 and y=3145727.0, x - (x y) / y = 256.

It’s quiet outside the window, and I’m sitting and writing a response to a letter written from Andrey Prokhorov
to All Wed Jan 14 1998 at 16:32...

AP> Guys! enlighten the unenlightened what it is and what it is eaten with!
AP> Preferably in more detail!!!

A-a-a-A! Again?!
:)

With all sorts of regards and wishes.
Igor.

... The vanguard is in front of us - it’s hard to break through!

MF> Mne nabirat' teksty raznymi shriftami raznyx razmerov, vstavlyat'
MF> kartinki, pravit' orfografiyu, i chtob na ekran vlazila celaya stranica
MF> zhelatel'no. Ax, da, chtoby bylo sovmestimo so standartami: TTF
MF> shrifty, PostScript vyvod na printer, RTF faily, i pr.

You see, not everyone needs to work with texts exactly like this. If you
came to the echo to say that you need this, and Sprinter cannot do it
(yet), then here you are right. Any normal person would pay for this kind of work. And PostScript printers are generally one or two among the people. I
of course understand that the more convenient, the better, but the computer you named will
cost an exorbitant price + an expensive printer, and as a result, it is not a home machine, which
is Sprinter.

MF> written in C, I think there are already enough... Privedite primery sredy
MF> programmirovaniya na C dlya Spectruma kotoraya by po udobstvu
MF> priblizhalas'...nu k obolochke TurboC naprimer. Podrazumevaetsya,
MF> konechno, chto na ekran dolzhno vxodit' dostatochnoe kol-vo bukvochek po
MF> gorizontali, chtob tuda vlezali malo-mal'ski slozhnye stroki na C.

The discussion again was about the fact that for machines of such a class as the Spriter, programs
do not need to be written in C.

MF> :MF> 1. Esli uzh Vam prispichilo tratit' den'gi na 8bitnuyu mashinu v
MF> 1998m : MF> godu, po krainei mere pridelaite k nei CP/M-80. This is Vam

Well, they buy 16-bit (pc) ones. :-)))) Why not buy an 8-bit one that works more stably. So you say, there are no real systems. What do you think is
a real system (without counting)???

With respect, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

MR> you can try, but there is a risk of staying inside.
He who does not take risks, does not drink.. Coca-Cola (C) I (C) MR

IM>> Sprinter Operating System.
MR> What does it support? What principle is it based on?
TR-DOS + MS-DOS disks. And everything else that is on Sprinter.
But it’s too early to talk about what it will be like.

I’m opening an OCC topic and converting your questions.
What should it support?
What principle should it be based on?
It’s being done by other people, not me, so I might end up between two lights.

Sprinter is a new Spectrum-compatible computer, developed
on the basis of new large programmable logic chips.
The main focus during development was to achieve maximum
compatibility, maximum new features and minimum price.

And that's what it worked.
============================================================================

Computer parameters.
1. Processor Z84C15 - fully compatible in the command system with the Z80.
Frequency 21MHz in TURBO mode and 3.5MHz in normal mode.
2. RAM - 4Mb. Page addressing. Each 16-kilobyte window
of the processor address space can accommodate any of the 256 pages of RAM.
3. Video RAM - 256k (512k).
The computer has five video modes.

1. Standard ZX-Spectrum (ZX-40). The usual symbol in the ZX-Spectrum standard is displayed in the familiar place with the corresponding
mode - 8 bytes of form +
1 byte of attributes.
2. ZX-80 mode. Each familiar place contains two horizontally compressed symbols of the ZX-Spectrum standard. The pixels of these characters
are output at a frequency of 14 MHz, which leads to an increase in the number of characters
displayed per line of the screen to 80.
3. Graphics mode G256-8. A familiar place is a graphic image of 8x8 dots, each of which can have any of 256
colors,selectable from a palette (16 million colors).
4. Graphic mode G16-16. High resolution mode. In each familiar place, there are 16 pixels horizontally, 16 colors per pixel.
Vertical, the number of pixels remains equal to 8 and can be increased to
16 only by using the INTERLACE mode.
5. Graphics mode G16-8. In fact, this is a sub-mode of G256-7, in which the number of colors per pixel is reduced in order to reduce the amount of
video information, which can be useful in certain situations.

These modes are set separately in 8x8 pixel squares, which
allows you to organize windows on the screen with different modes and resolutions.
Standard screen Spectrum is organized in the ZX-40 mode.
The organization of the screen is carried out by BIOS functions and when turned on in the Spectrum mode, a standard Spectrum screen is formed.

About colors.
The color palette of the screen is brought to the maximum reasonable limit. Each color is selected from a set of 16 million colors
determined by the palette's RAM data. (24 bits/color.)

4. 3.5" disk drive, work with 720Kb/1.44Mb disks.
5. IBM-AT keyboard with controller. (ZX-Spectrum keyboard emulation /
direct scan code input. )
6. IDE controller hard drive.
7. MS-Mouse controller.
8. Buffered bus in ISA-8 standard(IBM)

Port Mapping.
Sprinter has its own port mapping scheme.
The first part is related to the internal ports of the Z84C15. It is unchanging and
constant. (Which does not fit somewhat into the rest of the scheme.)
The second part of the distribution has a flexible programmable structure. Information about the distribution of ports is in RAM, this allows you to change the port configuration without much difficulty. Those. The computer may have the architecture
Pentagon-128, Scorpion-256, etc.

9. Accelerator of RAM operations.
In the mode with new graphics capabilities, a high
data exchange rate in RAM is required. For this purpose, an accelerator of operations with
RAM was developed. It allows you to quickly transfer data to RAM and quickly
fill a data area with one value.

Disk system.
What should DOS be like?
For the ZX-Spectrum there are two options. TR-DOS and iS-DOS. The first is predicted to die soon. The second one has not received proper
development at the moment.
A different option was chosen in our computer. The MS-DOS system has been around for a long time. She fully deserves attention and respect.
A question arises. How to combine incompatible things? How much pain does translating information from TR-DOS to MS-DOS cause?
The Sprinter computer takes a step towards a similar combination.A certain concept of this combination was adopted and an attempt was made to work with the MS-DOS file system. TR-DOS ROM introduced additional functions
reading/writing disks of the MS-DOS system.
What is this concept?
1. what cannot be changed in MS-DOS.
2. and what, except for the information in the files.
If you add to these two points the experience of working with RAM-Disks in the TR-DOS system and think carefully, a wonderful option
combining systems.
It removes the 1Mb limitation from disks, allows you to seamlessly
work with MS-DOS disks and at the same time maintains almost complete
compatibility with TR-DOS.
What is it?
MS-DOS FILE = TR-DOS DISK !!!
and any MS-DOS disk can have several files, the size of which determines the size of the disk TR-DOS. The problem associated with the difference
of sectors, with writing and reading TR-DOS files can be solved with one simple
solution. The MS-DOS file is read into the computer's RAM, where it forms a separate
RAM-Disk in the TR-DOS system. After loading the file, the program can freely
access this RAM-Disk, receive data from it, and write back
changed data. At the end of the work, the RAM-Disk is written, if necessary, in
the form of a file to the MS-DOS disk.
and this does not prevent the functions of direct work with
MS-DOS files in the future.Writing/reading regular files from BASIC, DATA, CODE.. And all this
with MS-DOS disks!

RAM-Disks.
Everything has been working on the Peters-256 machine for a long time. All functions called through points 3D00h, 3D03h, 3D13h work.
Sprinter has introduced a variety of RAM-Disks, based on the new distribution of RAM. The ability to connect RAM-Disks to A:, B:, C:
and D: has been introduced. RAM-Disk in Sprinter can have a capacity of more than 1Mb. TR-DOS will see
only the first megabyte, and the programs located in it will have full access to
the entire RAM-Disk space. This shifts the limitation on the length of the MS-DOS file to
the limit of 3.5Mb, which is determined by the amount of main RAM.

IBM-AT keyboard.
Sprinter-97 is designed to connect only an IBM-AT keyboard.
All hardware complications have gone into programmable logic. To connect
a keyboard, just plug it into the connector on the board.

Compatibility is almost complete. The scheme allows you to set
the desired configuration for each program. It is also possible to load
BASIC128+BASIC48+TR-DOS into RAM pages and turn them on as ROM, which allows
to achieve work with capricious programs that require specific versions of firmware
ROM.

Prospects.
Sprinter is built on based on programmable logic and has a fundamentally different structure than allexisting machines. The circuit is based on a FLEX logic chip from the American company ALTERA. When you turn on the machine
this microcircuit is programmed from ROM. After this, the machine
begins to work like a regular computer of the ZX-Spectrum type.
The 'hardwired' circuit in the PLM can be changed at any time. (Reprogramming time is less than one second, and the number of cycles is infinite, since the basis of storage elements in FLEX technology are RAM cells, not ROM.) Such a 'flashing' of the circuit allows you to completely change the architecture of the computer. Convert it, for example, from Pentagon-128 to ATM or Profi.

Perhaps I accidentally missed something, because... I wrote in the morning after a sleepless night. Ask if something is not clear or interesting.

And suggest what else you would like! PLM allows you to change hardware without changing the board.

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All this pleasure is packaged in a MiniTower case, with a
3.5-inch drive, equipped with an IBM keyboard, MS mouse costs 990
new rubles.
A separate board in all controllers - 590 rubles.
For questions regarding purchase, please contact the Peters company.
St. Petersburg, st. Uprisings. d.35 of.31. It is advisable to call in advance by phone. 327-35-31.

With technicalIf you have any questions, please contact me at (2:5030/529.24).

Yes, tut uzhe kakoi to tovarish vyskazalsya. *V kodax nado*, kak
"nastoyashie krutye" programmisty-hackery :) Questions o tom skol'ko
vremeni eto zaimet i naskol'ko slozhnuyu programmu mozhno takim
obrazom napisat' ne vstaet, t.k. *nravitsya*.

"Nastoyashie krutye" programmisty-hackery, moi dorogoi, po zhizni
stremilis' oblegchit' sebe zhizn' i v kodax pisali tol'ko kogda nuzhno
bylo. Odin iz nix (Stallman) seichas vozglavlyaet proekt GCC. Drugoi
(McCarthy) sozdal LISP i potom organized DEC. A vse eti "kodery"
poshli iz tret'ei volny, ot pryshavyx shkol'nikov programirovavshix
C64 v spal'ne. Pochitaite Stevena Levy.

Kstati, otkuda vzyalas' legenda chto dlya 8-bitnyx mashin nel'zya pisat'
na C? Strange. Na MSXe po zhizni pisali. Pro vsyakie industrial'nye
sistemy s voobshe ne govoryu - oni prixodyat ili s C, ili s BASICom
(v poslednem sluchae ixnii processor obychno ponimaet BASIC na urovne
zheleza).

: Well, they buy 16-bit (pc). :-))))
Vy vidno slegka otstali ot vremeni: s 80386 PCyuki stali 32bitnymi.
T.e. tam vse eshe net ni odnogo registra obshego naznacheniya (v Z80
vprochem tozhe net), no vse became 32bitnym i poyavilsya normal'nyi
metod adresacii.

: Why not buy 8-bit but more stableworking.
Potomu chto mashinu pokupayut chtoby igrat' or chtoby rabotat' (i
vozmozhno igrat'). Te kto xochet igrat' - kupyat Nintendu, ona kruche.
Tek kto xochet rabotat' - kupyat PCyuk t.k. na nego est' programmy (na
Sprinter - net, na etu temu u nas konsensus, nadeyus'). Vy zhe
rassmatrivaete isklyuchitel'no uzkuyu kategoriyu lyudei kotorye xotyat
kupit' "8bitnyi ustoichivo rabotayushii ZXSpectrum s 4MB RAM" i pisat'
dlya nego programmy na assemblere. Nu mozhet i naberetsya po Rossii para
soten takix lyudei, oni kupyat po Sprinteru, Peters razoritsya, i potom
eshe let 5 eti lyudi budut dosazhdat' okruzhayushim na FIDO i USENETe
"prosvyashaya" ix chto Sprinter - samyi krutoi komputer vsex vremen i
narodov.

Vprochem Vy naverno i sami predstavlyaete etot scenarii, prosto
zaslonyaetes' ot nego.

: So you say, there are no real systems. What do you think is

Hi, Marat!

17 Jan 98, Marat Fayzullin writes to All:

MF> Rhapsody i BeOS - eto dve sovershenno raznye sistemy.

MF> BeOS - Sistema razrabotanaya Zhanom Lukom Gas'e, pervoncahal'no dlya
MF> svoego PowerPCshnogo zheleza. Potom oni eto zhelezo brosili
MF> po nerentabel'nosti i pereshli na Mac.

MF> Rhapsody - Eto NeXTstep ot Steve Jobs prinyatyi v ob'yatiya Applom
MF> i sootvetstvenno s nekotorymi navorotami ot Applovskoi
MF> sobstvennoi MacOS (QuickTime, esli ne oshibayus', nekii
MF> polu-emulyator MacOSa, i pr.).

Sorry, I'm wrong...