Superbrain II QD

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The Intertec Superbrain was first sold by Intertec in 1979. It was advertised as an "All in ONE smart portable lightweight console (45 lb [20 kg]): Just add a printer!" The all-in-one console featured a 12-inch screen, 80-key keyboard with numeric keypad, and dual double density 5-inch disk drives. 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.

The Superbrain II was released in 1982 and featured a faster and enhanced disk operating system, new video visual attributes and better graphics capabilities. There were several variants of the Superbrain II:

Jr - double density disk drives, total storage capacity of 328K
QD - quad density disk drives, total storage capacity of 680K
SD - super density disk drives, total storage capacity of 1.5MB

Price of the various systems in 1983:

Superbrain II Double Density - $1970
Superbrain II Quad Density - $2376
Superbrain II Super Density - $2684

Our model II QD with manuals was very kindly donated by Helen Williams.

Manufacturer: Intertec Data Systems
Date: 1982

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Superbrain II QD Manuals:

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Superbrain User's Manual	Intertec	1 Sep 1980
Hardware Information on the Superbrain	Jonathan W Platt	1981
Intertec SuperBrain Schematic and Component Layout Drawings	Intertec	Jan 1981
SuperBrain Miscellany	Intertec	Oct 1982
SuperBrain Documentation and Manuals	Intertec	1983

Magazines RELATED to Superbrain II QD in our Library

Item	Manufacturer	Date
Practical Computing - September 1979	ECC	Sep 1979
Practical Computing - October 1979	ECC	Oct 1979
Practical Computing - November 1979	IPC Electrical Electronic Press	Nov 1979
Practical Computing - January 1980	IPC Electrical Electronic Press	Jan 1980
Practical Computing - April 1980, Volume 3, Issue 4	IPC Electrical Electronic Press	Apr 1980
Personal Computer World - August 1980		Aug 1980
Computer Age - September 1980	Computer Age	Sep 1980
Personal Computer World - October 1980		Oct 1980