The Intertec SuperBrain was an all-in-one commercial microcomputer that was first sold by Intertec Data Systems Corp. of Columbia, South Carolina, USA in 1979. The machine ran the operating system CP/M and was somewhat unusual in that it used dual Z80 CPUs, the second being used as a disk controller. In 1983, the basic machine sold for about US$2,000 (equivalent to $5,440 in 2021). There were several variants, including the SuperBrain II (released in 1982), SuperBrain II Jr., "QD" (quad density disk drives) and "SD" (super density) models.
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| - Der Intertec Superbrain war ein Mikrocomputer, der von der US-amerikanischen Firma ab dem Jahre 1979 verkauft wurde. Der Rechner wurde mit dem Betriebssystem CP/M 2.2 gesteuert und hatte zwei parallele Z80-Prozessoren eingebaut. Der Master Prozessor (4 MHz) für den Rechner, der zweite für den Disk Controller. Der Speicher war mit 64 KByte dynamisch, 1 KByte statisch ausgestattet. er besaß eine QWERTY Schreibmaschinentastatur mit 80 Tasten und abgesetzter Ziffernblock. Als Schnittstellen waren zwei RS232, ein 40-poliger Z80-Bus und ein S-100-Adapter vorhanden. Von dem Rechner gab es verschiedene Modelle: Superbrain II, Superbrain II Jr., „QD“ (quad density disk drives) und „SD“ (super density). (de)
- The Intertec SuperBrain was an all-in-one commercial microcomputer that was first sold by Intertec Data Systems Corp. of Columbia, South Carolina, USA in 1979. The machine ran the operating system CP/M and was somewhat unusual in that it used dual Z80 CPUs, the second being used as a disk controller. In 1983, the basic machine sold for about US$2,000 (equivalent to $5,440 in 2021). There were several variants, including the SuperBrain II (released in 1982), SuperBrain II Jr., "QD" (quad density disk drives) and "SD" (super density) models. (en)
- El Intertec Superbrain fue un microcomputador comercial "todo en uno”, vendido por a partir de 1979. La máquina corría el sistema operativo CP/M 2.2 y era algo inusual porque usaba dos CPUs Z80, la principal trabajaba a 4MHz, la secundaria era usada como controladora de discos. Se montaba en una carcasa tipo terminal que incluía un teclado de 80 teclas, el monitor y las unidades de disco externas, mientras en su interior disponía de 16 Kb de memoria RAM, ampliables a 64Kb, y 2Kb de memoria ROM, junto a dos puertos serie RS232 y un bus Z80 de 40 pines, opcionalmente existía un adaptador para el bus S-100. En 1983 la máquina básica se vendía por cerca de 2.000 Dólares. (es)
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| - Der Intertec Superbrain war ein Mikrocomputer, der von der US-amerikanischen Firma ab dem Jahre 1979 verkauft wurde. Der Rechner wurde mit dem Betriebssystem CP/M 2.2 gesteuert und hatte zwei parallele Z80-Prozessoren eingebaut. Der Master Prozessor (4 MHz) für den Rechner, der zweite für den Disk Controller. Der Speicher war mit 64 KByte dynamisch, 1 KByte statisch ausgestattet. er besaß eine QWERTY Schreibmaschinentastatur mit 80 Tasten und abgesetzter Ziffernblock. Als Schnittstellen waren zwei RS232, ein 40-poliger Z80-Bus und ein S-100-Adapter vorhanden. Von dem Rechner gab es verschiedene Modelle: Superbrain II, Superbrain II Jr., „QD“ (quad density disk drives) und „SD“ (super density). (de)
- The Intertec SuperBrain was an all-in-one commercial microcomputer that was first sold by Intertec Data Systems Corp. of Columbia, South Carolina, USA in 1979. The machine ran the operating system CP/M and was somewhat unusual in that it used dual Z80 CPUs, the second being used as a disk controller. In 1983, the basic machine sold for about US$2,000 (equivalent to $5,440 in 2021). There were several variants, including the SuperBrain II (released in 1982), SuperBrain II Jr., "QD" (quad density disk drives) and "SD" (super density) models. Intertec also released a similar looking dumb terminal, the Intertube, and smart terminal, the Emulator. The SuperBrain is notable for being at the user end of the first Kermit connection in 1981. The machine was practical and useful in the office environment, but somewhat limited until the arrival of the first 5 MB hard drive in one of the floppy drive bays. This was soon replaced by the 10 MB hard drive that effectively removed all limitations on what could be programmed and stored. Up to 255 CompuStar workstations could be daisy-chained together via DC-37 "Chaining Adaptor" parallel ports to share the "central disk system" (one of the three hard drive peripheral options below). Each computer, or VPU (Video Processing Unit), was assigned a unique number from 1 to 255 by setting an eight-position DIP switch. (en)
- El Intertec Superbrain fue un microcomputador comercial "todo en uno”, vendido por a partir de 1979. La máquina corría el sistema operativo CP/M 2.2 y era algo inusual porque usaba dos CPUs Z80, la principal trabajaba a 4MHz, la secundaria era usada como controladora de discos. Se montaba en una carcasa tipo terminal que incluía un teclado de 80 teclas, el monitor y las unidades de disco externas, mientras en su interior disponía de 16 Kb de memoria RAM, ampliables a 64Kb, y 2Kb de memoria ROM, junto a dos puertos serie RS232 y un bus Z80 de 40 pines, opcionalmente existía un adaptador para el bus S-100. En 1983 la máquina básica se vendía por cerca de 2.000 Dólares. Existían algunas variantes, incluyendo los modelos de Superbrain II (aparecido en 1982), Superbrain II Jr., "QD" (Quad Density disk drives) y "SD" (Super Density). El Superbrain es conocido por haber sido el terminal de usuario de la primera conexión Kermit en 1981. La máquina era práctica y muy útil en el entorno de oficina, pero estaba algo limitada hasta la llegada de los primeros discos duros de 5 MB, que se instalaban en una de las bahías de la unidad de disquete. Este disco fue reemplazado pronto por otro Winchester de 10 MB, eliminando las limitaciones de programación y almacenamiento del momento. (es)
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