Ural (computer)

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Ural is a computer series build in Soviet Union.

1 History
2 Attributes
3 Function
4 Main Units
5 Trivia
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Ural has been developed at the Electronic Computer Producing Manufacture of Penza, Soviet Union. The device had been produced between 1959 and 1964, in total 139 were made. The computer was widely used in the 1960s, mainly in the socialist countries (Hungary had three), but some devices were exported to Western Europe and some Latin America countries as well.

[edit] Attributes

It was an electron-piped computer, the hardware was able to perform floating-point calculations, 12.000 each second. Binaric, monoheaded device. One word consists of 40 bits, this is able to contain one number or two commands. Ferrit-hoop memory was used as operative memory.

[edit] Function

Was able to perform mathematic tasks at computer centres, industrial facilities and research facilities. The device has consumed circa 90-100 square metres of space. It consumed triphasal flux (380V±10%/50Hz), and contains triphasal magnetic voltage stabiliser with 30kVA capacity.

[edit] Main Units

Keyboard unit, controlling-reading unit, input punched tape unit, output punched tape unit, printing unit, magnetic tape memory unit, ferrit memory unit, ALU (aritmetical logical unit), CPU (central processing unit), power supply unit and electron pipes(6n8 type).

[edit] Trivia

As said by Charles Simonyi, who will be the second Hungarian in space, he will take old paper tapes from his Soviet-built Ural-2 computer into space. He kept them to remind him of his past. ^[1]