[ih] Why the Soviet Internet Failed

[Dmitry Burkov]

It was Elbrus B - newest version of BESM 6 (full compatible)

Dmitry

On 9/10/23 3:10 PM, Vint Cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> I wonder whether one of the big mainframes was the BESM 6? Or maybe one of
> the Elbrus series?
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus_(computer)
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> On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 7:41 AM Johan Helsingius via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>> I still remember the first (and last) Soviet UNIX conference in 1990
>> or 1991. Bill Joy from Sun was there, and Sun was donating a big batch
>> of obsolete Sun 3 machines.
>>
>> In one session, a bunch of Soviet/Russian academics were debating how
>> to port UNIX to some big Russian mainframe computer, and Bill Joy
>> stepped up to the mic and commented "you do realize that any of those
>> Sun 3:s will run circles around that mainframe".
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>> https://www.osti.gov/biblio/458760
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>>          Julf
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>> On 10/09/2023 11:26, Frantisek Borsik via Internet-history wrote:
>>> I have visited Akademgorodok, so called “Soviet Silicon Valley”, a few
>>> years ago.
>>>
>>> It was one of the centers of technology/Internet development in the
>> Soviet
>>> Union.
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200625-the-ussrs-secret-siberian-democracy
>>> https://www.britannica.com/place/Akademgorodok
>>>
>>> https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1956-2/akademgorodok/
>>>
>>>
>> https://www.ewdn.com/category/regions-and-cities/akademgorodok-novosibirsk/
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Frank
>>> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
>>>
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>>>
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>>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2023 at 4:32 AM, Dave Taht via Internet-history <
>>> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Today I stumbled across a channel that talks about failed computer
>> research
>>>> results worldwide, from the 1950s through the 70s,  and this one shed
>> light
>>>> on why the USSR computing environment developed how it did.
>>>> It intersects with the arpanet in 1969 about 2/3s of the way through:
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>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOD5f-q0as
>>>>
>>>> ... but doesn't make it all the way to the Kremvax.
>>>>
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>>>> Oct 30:
>>>> https://netdevconf.info/0x17/news/the-maestro-and-the-music-bof.html
>>>> Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos
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