Architecture Digest
Mar 19, 2022 · Fundamentals
The Missteps of Soviet Computing: From Water Computers to Ternary Machines and the OGAS Network
This article examines the Soviet Union's computer history, highlighting early innovations like the water integrator, the reliance on vacuum‑tube technology, the experimental ternary Setun computer, the ambitious OGAS network proposal, and how strategic and political choices ultimately stalled its IT development.
Computer HistoryOGAS networkSoviet computing
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