What Were Soviet Computers Like?

kwertii asks: "Does anyone have any information on computing in the former Soviet Union? A Google search turned up this virtual museum, which has some good historical background on the development of early Soviet computer technology (a lot only in Russian, unfortunately) but not much on later systems. What sorts of architectures did Soviet computers use? Were there any radically different computing concepts in use, like a standard 9-bit byte or something? What kind of operating systems were common? How has the end of the Cold War and the large scale introduction of Western computer technology affected the course of Russian computer development?"

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Un-American Activities Alert!!

[andaru]

Look at this person's sig. He intentionally misspells Colon Powell's name in an attempt to erode the very foundations of reality and Mom.

His brain has been washed so many times that it is starting to fade...