Urals (computer)

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Front view of the Ural-1

Urals is the numerically most significant series of first generation computers built in Penza , Soviet Union between 1956 and 1964. A total of 139 systems of these tube computers (models Ural-1 to Ural-4 ) were produced in Penza. Core memories served as storage . Punch cards were used as input and output media. The floor space was almost 100 square meters. With approx. 12,000 floating point calculations per second, the Ural series was clearly behind contemporary western computers in terms of performance. The chief designer of the computer system was Bashir Iskandarowitsch Ramejew . A successor series, which was built from 1964 to 1971, had the model numbers Ural-11 to Ural-14 and worked on a more modern semiconductor basis .

Models

  • Ural-1 - 1956
  • Ural-2 - 1959
  • Ural-3 - 1964
  • Ural-4 - 1962
  • Ural-11 - 1965
  • Ural-14 - 1965
  • Ural-16 - 1969

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