<s>
The	O
Intertec	B-Operating_System
SuperBrain	I-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
all-in-one	O
commercial	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
that	O
was	O
first	O
sold	O
by	O
Intertec	O
Data	O
Systems	O
Corporation	O
of	O
Columbia	O
,	O
South	O
Carolina	O
,	O
USA	O
in	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
ran	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
was	O
somewhat	O
unusual	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
used	O
dual	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
CPUs	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
disk	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
variants	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
SuperBrain	B-Operating_System
II	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
SuperBrain	B-Operating_System
II	O
Jr.	O
,	O
"	O
QD	O
"	O
(	O
quad	O
density	O
disk	O
drives	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
SD	O
"	O
(	O
super	O
density	O
)	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SuperBrain	B-Operating_System
is	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
at	O
the	O
user	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
connection	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
255	O
CompuStar	O
workstations	O
could	O
be	O
daisy-chained	B-Application
together	O
via	O
DC-37	O
"	O
Chaining	O
Adaptor	O
"	O
parallel	O
ports	O
to	O
share	O
the	O
"	O
central	O
disk	O
system	O
"	O
(	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
hard	O
drive	O
peripheral	O
options	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Superbrain	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
two	O
episodes	O
of	O
Knight	O
Rider	O
:	O
one	O
in	O
Season	O
1	O
,	O
Episode	O
10	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Final	O
Verdict	O
"	O
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
in	O
Season	O
1	O
,	O
Episode	O
18	O
,	O
"	O
White	O
Bird	O
"	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
John	O
Carpenter	O
’s	O
The	O
Thing	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Blair	O
uses	O
a	O
Superbrain	B-Operating_System
to	O
analyse	O
samples	O
from	O
The	O
Thing	O
from	O
which	O
he	O
estimates	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
about	O
three	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
