Intertec Superbrain
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 .

There were several variants, including the SuperBrain II, 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.

Specifications

Peripherals

 CompuStar DSS-10 10 MB Hard Drive (CompuStar Disk Storage System)
 CDC 96 MB Hard Drive (80 MB fixed disk with 16 MB removable platter)
 Priam 14" 144 MB Hard Drive

Applications

 Microsoft Basic
 8080 Assembler
 Microsoft COBOL 74
APL

External links
Intertec SuperBrain DAVES OLD COMPUTERS
Superbrain at Old Computer Museum
Marcus Bennett's Superbrain documentation

CP/M
Microcomputers
Computer-related introductions in 1979