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Smartronics was started <insert date here> by Enli Smith to produce a low cost alternative to computers for the average person in the Empire. They produce a whole line of Net computers that act as simple terminals with very limited computing power of their own. The advantage of a Net computer is that they are fairly immune to virus infection as they have their OS in a ROM socket. They do not execute programs other than what is purchased and are in the form of ROM chips. Because they cannot be written to, they are almost 100% immune from virus attack. The down side is that they cannot be modified by the user. Smartronics has also been producing some lower end AI computers, but this is a limited market because of the cost. Most people cannot afford an AI computer and corporations and governments are often locked into contracts with the Violuric Corporation to provide such computers. Smartronics is always looking for a way to break the monopoly that Violuric has, but they have a ways to go. They are relatively new on the scene and have to build up a reputation that can compete in this lucrative market.
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