(C) WARLORD
ON THE MATERIALS COMPANY SCORPIO
HARD
ABOUT GMX
Our company is constantly engaged in research and development
aimed at empowering computer Skorpion (and, where possible,
then the entire family of Spectrum compatible computers), and
elimination of those shortcomings, because that is heard
criticism from users, though mostly to other Computers
(PENTAGON, PROFI). Time flies very fast, and life sets new
challenges for our good old Spectrum'y. First of all we are
talking about improving the image characteristics computers,
speed, memory size. On the other hand, because various reasons,
today we release the majority of computers sold with the
controller Kempston-mouse and keyboard as IBM they are easy to
use, but not to ordinary tomuzhe ZX Spectrum keyboard is no
longer available. Many bought and HDD (SMUC). Therefore, the
end of 1997 will be the emergence of new Boards Scorpion, with
the working title Scorpion-2000 (it's not mania greatness, and
Why to choose this name will become clear enumeration of the
technical characteristics). On this board will be already
ustonovleny those controllers, which today have become popular
and under who have already written a lot of software. This
Controller IBM keyboard and mouse IBM, working on the interface
Kempston-mouse, and most importantly, the controller HDD + IBM
slot. By my own experience I can say that anyone who has worked
with our HDD in TR-DOS, but about IS DOS and say nothing,
usually neglect the fact that the computer ustonovlen still
drive and remembers it only when it is necessary to rewrite the
program from someone or for someone else. Ustonovka these
ustroistv on the main board will free up space on the system
connector for connecting new devices, HardWare, as already
commercially available, for example, General Sound, and planned
for release. But most importantly the cost of such fees will be
much lower than today are all these devices, if you buy them
otdelno.Pri The technical board that will be much higher and
more will conform segodnyashnigo day. Namely:
1. RAM from 256KB to 2048kBayt (as 30pit Simm modules)
2. Volume ROM 512 (IC 27040)
3. Graphics: 1-Standard ZX Spectrum
2-640 * 200, 16 colors, aporatny scroller on
vertically, to accelerate the work in the
text
modes.
4. Clock Speed 3.5 / 7 MHz switching both hardware
and software.
5. Additional features (most interesting)
1. Ability to turn off all the extra
ports and the computer into rezhym standard
Nogo ZX Spectrum. When you disable the
ports, so also included and the standard
ROM. Same as
but it also fully simulates the time
eters scans and Interrupt
Computer Pentagon, as the main component
puter, ispolzyemogo demo builders.
2. Since the circuitry board is made to
modern technical level with the use of
Niemi programmable logic arrays (PLA)
company Altera, and the scheme itself is
"stored" in the system dark ROM, it becomes
possible to measure nyat circuit computer,
and a cardinal functionally, by simply
replacing the ROM, or C / O lyucheniem banks
ROM. The latter makes it possible sequence
on a single board to have several variants
Comrade schemes computers that differ for example
variantomi different frequency sweeps-one
for conventional TV and CGA monitors, other
Assuming for a VGA or EGA monitors. Golf
question polishing of different ideas are
more than enough.
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