From: utzoo!decvax!cca!CAL.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Superbrain Reputation Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2425 Posted: Tue Aug 3 20:55:23 1982 Received: Wed Aug 4 05:21:53 1982 From: Clifford A LasserI find it hard to believe that you have had so many problems with Intertec. The company I work for has purchased 6 Superbrains so far. I must say that we have been very happy with them so far. First of all, not one of them was "dead on arrival". The store we purchased them from would take them out of the box and try them out before selling them. However, I dont remember seeing a Superbrain fail that test. The problems we have had with the machines have all been related to the power supply or the floppy disc drives. In the 2 years we've had them, most of them have broken down at one point or another (I think a couple are still going strong). When they do break, we've generally shipped them down to Intertec. In all cases, Intertec repaired the units and shipped them back in 2 weeks. I also think the repair costs were reasonable. By the way, the cost of schematics for SB's is $50. I also have a set for Intertubes/Emulators that cost me a whole $25. Although they did not come with any explanations, I found the SB schematics to be complete and accurate: I have repaired a couple of them myself). I have also had the occasion to speak with some of the Intertec customer service/technical staff. Most of them have been very helpfull and very willing to spend their time trying to figure out some of my problems, hardware and sofware, with the machines. All in all, Superbrains are great machines for the price. We have found them to be pretty reliable and easy to repair. They are now selling for $2000 and a 10M hard disc goes for $2700. Who else is selling similar machines for that price?