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EDITIONS Extra 8 The Arizona Republic NE Wednesday, February 15, 1984 machine School board 'helpless in replacing used to process exam sheets and attendance records at a rate of 3,000 documents an hour, is the first major budget item authorized by the board for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The rest of the budget won't be approved until May. Jack Kearney, the board's business manager, said the district staff wouldn't dare operate the old model without a repair warranty. If the old machine broke down after the warranty expired, no repairmen would touch it, Kearney claimed. Even if a repairman was willing to work on the machine, parts would be hard to find, he said.

The district couldn't afford such a disruption in the flow of its paper work, Kearney said. For instance, the scanner is vital to collecting enrollment figures used by the state to allocate funds for education, he said. Kearney said he initially resisted the idea of buying a new model, reasoning that the district could go elsewhere for a scanner. However, adapting to a similar machine manufactured by IBM, the California firm's only competitor, would cost more than a new National Computer machine, he said. "When I heard about it, I said, 'I Julia C.

Wilson Members criticize firm's 'monopoly' on costly scanners By Neal Savage Northeast Valley Bureau SCOTTSDALE The governing board of the Scottsdale School District last week reluctantly voted to replace an expensive machine that reads documents at high speed. The machine, called a scanner, cost $60,000 five years ago. In addition, the district has paid $635 a month under a maintenance contract that expires June 30. The manufacturer, National Computer Systems of Orange, no longer is producing parts for the machine, and its reliability cannot be guaranteed, the board was told Feb. 7 by district staff members.

A newer model, also manufactured by National Computer, will cost $82,800. The old model is worth $13,000 in trade, which reduces the purchase price to $69,800. However, other charges, along with a maintenance contract, will bring the cost to $130,102 over five years. The purchase of the scanner, I Hitching Post Detail Shop i 3006 North Scottsdale Road Scottsdale Phone 947-575 1 SPECIAL OFFER CLASSIC CAR WAX I CGKPLETE INTERIOR SHAMPOO $4995 OFFER EXPIRES FEB. 29, 1984 won't' buy a new National Computer machine, Kearney said.

"Then, (district staff members) came to me with a list of all the things we use it for and said, 'Oh, yes you "I never felt so helpless in my life." Board members expressed irritation at the district's predicament "I'm also very upset," Trustee Don Swanson said. "We've been had. "Everybody that bought this machine has been had." District officials said the same scanners were bought by schools in Phoenix and Mesa and by the state Board of Education. John Kirchner, National Computer vice president of sales, said Friday in a telephone interview from his office in Minneapolis that the older model went into production about 10 years ago and became obsolete as a result of a revolution in microprocessor chips. The company bought chips for the older scanner from outside vendors who no longer produce those parts, he said.

"If you keep up with technology, you know that 10 years ago we didn't have microprocessors or personal computers," Kirchner said. TV Wake Up To The Arizona Republic Call 257-8300 to subscribe Stream of "We no longer can get parts for the old machines so we can repair them." The company's new model, the 7008, has been produced for about five years, Kirchner said. He expects it to have a longer lifespan than its predecessor. "They are the new technology and should have a lifespan of five to seven years," Kirchner said. District officials said National Computer, in effect, has a monopoly on Scottsdale's business.

It would cost more to sign up another company than to buy National Computer's new model, they said. Kirchner denied his company holds monopoly status. "I don't understand that (monopoly charge)," he said. "We're not the only manufacturer in the business. "There are other machines on the market that will read the same forms." HAIRCUTS from $8.00 SHAMPOO SET from PERMANENTS Including Haircut a 945-2252 EST BEAUTY SALON Agnes Meininger Owner 3217 N.

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