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.