Hi:
My attention has just been drawn to a very interesting article about
Colossus that appeared in the (UK) Daily Telegraph. An on line
version can be found at the following (very long) URL:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003491733042247&rtmo=0ie2ibKq&atmo=tttttttd&pg=/et/00/9/7/ecfcol07.html
The first few lines of text are attached below.
Cheers
Brian
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Colossal code of silence broken
The most important computer upgrade in history, one that enabled the Allies
to "read the mind of Adolf Hitler'' before D-Day, is about to be revealed in
detail after half a century of secrecy.
This month, the Government Communications Headquarters at Cheltenham
(GCHQ) will release to the Public Record Office, Kew, a 500-page technical
report on Colossus, the forerunner of the postwar digital computer and the
first practical application of of large-scale, program controlled computing.
Many are familiar with Colossus but the report also contains the
specifications for "Colossus II", an upgraded machine which began operation
on June 1, 1944.
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