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So, every so often we get a thread about OGAS (the "National Automated System for Computation and Information Processing") and computerizing the Soviet economy. Problem is, even if Viktor Glushkov had received money to continue working on his ideas, the Soviets struggled to meet existing needs for electronics output, adding a whole bunch of new demand for all the terminals and mainframes OGAS would need would be unlikely to result in a great success.

So what kind of PoDs do people think would result in a bigger electronics output? Personally, the only good one I can think of is no Barbarossa/less damaging Barbarossa, which of course effects the whole of the Soviet economy and results in a very different post-1945 world.

Maybe if Khrushchev had been super keen on electronics, rather than chemical industry? But then again, Khrushchev's passion for chemicals was linked to his passion for agriculture, and his passion for agriculture was certainly encouraged by the need of the Soviet Union for better agricultural output. So likely, a PoD like this would need to come linked to an alternate solution to boosting food availability.

Anyone have any ideas?

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