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title: Tesla ONDRA
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Czechoslovakia
years:
- '1985'
cpus:
- U880D
params:
name: ONDRA
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_system_s1.jpg
company: /companies/tesla
company_name: Tesla
specs:
- label: NAME
value: ONDRA
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Tesla
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Czechoslovakia
- label: YEAR
value: '1985'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: None. BASIC language must be loaded from the tape.
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Calculator type, 37 keys, Upper/lower case letters, Czech alphabet, arrow keys.
- label: CPU
value: U880D (Z80 clone from German Democratic Republic)
- label: SPEED
value: 2 Mhz
- label: RAM
value: 64 KB
- label: ROM
value: 4 KB (up to 16 KB)
- label: TEXT MODES
value: '40 x 20 (characters matrix: 8 x 12)'
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 320 x 240 dots. Text is displayed in graphics mode
- label: COLORS
value: Monochrome
- label: SOUND
value: 7 programmable tones (200 – 1000 Hz)
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 290 mm (wide) x 130 mm (deep) x 30 mm (high) / 1,5 Kg
- label: I/O PORTS
value: RF TV output, Tape interface (2400 baud), Centronics (printer) + Joystick
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External PSU +9 V
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: Joystick, printer, cassette recorder
- label: PRICE
value: About 20,000 Kcs (Czechoslovakian crowns) in 1987
tabs:
- photos
forum_thread: 599
photos:
- title: LARGE VIEW
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to **Jan Krupka**
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_system_s2.jpg
- title: KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to **Jan Krupka**
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_keyboard_s1.jpg
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to MUDr. Jan P. Naidr for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_eclate.jpg
- title: 'WITH COLOUR TV #1'
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to MUDr. Jan P. Naidr for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_2.jpg
- title: 'WITH COLOUR TV #2'
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to MUDr. Jan P. Naidr for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_3.jpg
- title: THE BOX
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to **Jan Krupka**
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_box_s1.jpg
- title: ONDRA'S DESIGNER
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Eduard Smutny was the designer of the Ondra.
Thanks to MUDr. Jan P. Naidr for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/tesla_ondra_engineer.jpg
oc_id: 612
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608081413/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=612
date: '2023-06-08'
---
Developed in Elstroj and produced by Tesla Liberec and later Tesla Blatna, the Ondra was a low-cost system intended for computing initiation at home and school.
It was build around the U880 processor (East-German version of the Z80). It featured 64 KB RAM, 4 KB ROM and had 320 x 255 graphic capabilities. Three peripherals could be connected, a tape recorder, a Parallel printer and a joystick.
Only 1000 units were ever made. Then Tesla wanted to give the manufacturing to other firm. Unfortunately that never happened.
Picture and information from **Jan Krupka**