Saves you $6,000 to $24,000 (Doesn't cost a cent for conversion) The new MAI Magnetic Tape Unit is directly interchangeable with your 729/2401 units-plug for plug, reel for reel. We hook up an MAI unit and it's ready to go to work. Initial equipment costs for cach MAI unit are at least $6,000, and in some cases, as much as $24,000 Less than the comparable 729/2401 unit. So an MAI unit pays for itself in 2-3 years in direct savings over your current rental costs. And then saves you another $5,000 to $10,000 a year. Every year. A new kind of tape unit. No tape wear and tear from pinch-feed mechanisms on this tape unit. Its single capstan drive mechanism handles tape the way it should be handled. Gently. During operation, the recording surface of the tape MAI touches nothing but the read-write head. And that retracts to eliminate tape wear during loading and rewinding. A new kind of systems reliability. Because the unit's design is so simple, you improve systems reliability. Read-write reliability equals or exceeds that of your present tape units. Downtime has to go down because the MAI unit is so easy to maintain. (It requires no mechanical adjustments, and a minimum number of electrical adjustments.) So you'll save on an MAI maintenance agreement too. And without worrying about quick service. MAI has branch offices in 45 principal cities from coast to coast. If you'd like more information, call your local MAT branch office, or write us. KENT CORPORATION, 300 East 44th Street, New York, N. Y. 10017 1. Increases Tape Life: (a) Single point contact with the recording surface. 2. Maximizes Data Reliability: (a) Single point contact. (b) Eliminate pinch feed rollers and tension arms. 3. Minimizes Service Requirements: (a) No mechanical adjustments. (b) Simplicity of tape path design. 2. Compatible with all IBM Systems with which the comparable IBM drive is compatible. 3. Equal or better Performance, except for rewind speed. 729 to 2400 Upgrade Available. Addendum to agreement for purchase of MAI Machines, dated as of the day of 196-, between MAI Equipment Corporation ("MAI") and___ (Purchaser's Full Legal Name) The above-described agreement is hereby amended by adding the following provisions immediately after the first paragraph under the caption "Warranty": MAI hereby warrants as follows: First, that each of the following types of MAI magnetic tape unit ("MAI Unit") is plug-to-plug interchangeable with a type and model of magnetic tape unit manufactured by International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM Unit"), as follows: MAI 2402 is interchangeable with IBM 2401, Model 2. Second, that each MAI Unit represented herein as being plug-to-plug interchangeable with a type and model of IBM Unit is compatible with all IBM systems with which such IBM Unit is compatible; and Third, that each MAI Unit will perform operating functions in a manner equal to (or better than) an IBM Unit of the aforesaid type and model with which it is interchangeable, except with respect to rewind speed. If the Purchaser believes that any Machine is not performing in accordance with any warranty set forth above, the Purchaser shall so notify MAI, detailing the operating deficiencies of such Machine. MAI shall thereafter have an opportunity, over a reasonable period of time (but not less than thirty (30) days or more than (90) days) to modify, adjust or repair such Machine as required to satisfy such warranty. If, at the end of such period, such Machine is not performing in accordance with such warranty, then, at the request of the Purchaser. MAI shall accept the return of such Machine (as the property of MAI) and shall pay to the Purchaser the Adjusted Unit Price for such Machine (or, if the Purchaser and MAI shall mutually so agree, MAI shall instead replace the Machine at MAI's expense), all as set forth in Section "7C" below. No warranty set forth above shall apply to any Machine if any person other than an MAI Customer Engineer (or other person authorized by MAI), without MAI's consent, shall modify, adjust or repair such Machine or perform any maintenance service on it. DEAR MR. TAYLOR: The Potter Instrument Company unequivocally supports the position of Bryant Computer Products with regard to the right of independents to bid on portions of ADP systems being procured by agencies of the Federal Government. It is especially difficult in this period of tight fiscal policy to under. stand why there is such indfference to this proposition. One would expect the Government to actively pursue manufacturers who could demonstrate significant cost savings with no system degradation. In the particular case of the Potter Instrument Company's tape drives which are plug-to-plug and program-to-program interchangeable with the corresponding IBM tape drives, the situation is even more difficult to understand. Here is a unit which not only offers sinificant cost advantages, but unquestionable technological advantages. It contains no gears, pulleys, belts, brakes or clutches. It has no pinch rollers or prolay assemblies and requires no mechanical adjustments. It rewinds tape under vacuum control preventing tape damage if power is interrupted. It has a simple straightforward tape path whereby the oxide touches only the |