Quote Originally Posted by Anixx View Post
Most of Soviet computers after Brezhnev were copies of Western analogs at least by architecture. Brezhnev is often criticized for the decision to copy rather than develop ourselves. Before that the USSR made computers of its own architecture. Some people even called the politburo meeting where this decision was taken a disaster.
Yes, something went wrong in the USSR - invention stopped and things stagnated. Somehow people lost the spark to really drive things forward. I think it is tragic and I wish I understood what happened. For what it is worth I do not consider the capitalist system to be one ounce better.


URAL computer looks very cool!! Steampunk, LOL.

Wiki says "The computer was widely used in the 1960s, mainly in the socialist countries, though some were also exported to Western Europe and Latin America."

Look, this is the computer that Anixx mum worked with:



Gosh I wonder what they used it for! Gives us some perspective on our laptops for sure!