Odra 1305 Polish Mainframe Computer (CONTAINER FOR ELECTRONIC EXPORT)
[ENG]:
This mod adds Central Processing unit of ODRA 1305 as a container for export of electronics. The unit itself has a later style paint job (The first batch had gray paint)
The ODRA 1305 is a third generation, high reliability computer
designed for data processing as well as scientific and engineering
computations in largescale computing centres. Made by Polish ELWRO factory (Wrocsławskie Zakłady Elektroniczne) it was one of the most popular Mainframe computers in Polish People Republic. It was used in factories, railway infrastructue and in some army systems! It was based on a British ICL mainframe (ICT 1900) desing bought as a licence but our engineers made it 20% faster! As a gesture of gratiude for the licence we gave the upgraded schematics to ICL and thier ICL series 20 are basicaly our Odra’s in western disguise.
To this day only 432 units were produced from wich 48 were exported to: USSR, ČSRS, GDR, Hungary and Yugoslavia
Fun facts:
-Odra was named after polish river of the same name.
-The last working Odra 1305 in Poland was turned off on 1 of may 2010 at 9:18AM. It was working at a local Polish State Railway since 1974!
-The entire system could weight as much as 7,5 tons (Including tape drives and disk drives!)
-Rodan was a mobile military version of Odra 1305
Short poem for the last working Odra:
"Żegnaj Odro przyjaciółko miła-
Będziesz jeszcze przez wiele lat nam jako wzór służyła!"
If you wish to learn more please study the orginal Advertising Brochure here[historiainformatyki.pl]
