[GreenKeys] Colossus is 73

[Bruce Gentry]

I visited England back in September, and Bletchley Park was at the top 
of my list. It's amazing how the computers and code breaking Bombes have 
been preserved and/or reconstructed. The Edvac was not operational the 
day I was there, people were working on a problem in the clock module. 
The Colussus was on and idling, but no one was there that day to 
demonstrate it. The people  know their stuff, and it was very enjoyable 
to be able to ask questions and discuss the equipment with people who 
really knew what they were doing.  Walking onto the movie set  where 
"Imitation Game" was filmed was awesome. The scary thing is I didn't see 
younger people working on anything, in another ten to fifteen years it 
may all be sitting in still silence.

      Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

On 2/5/17 11:57 AM, Robert Nickels wrote:
> Semi-related to tty, but of interest to many I suspect,
>
> Excellent history of the Colossus and worthwhile videos about the 
> creation - and restoration - of the world's first electronic computer:
>
> http://www.tnmoc.org/explore/colossus-gallery
>
> Colossus is 73 years old today.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
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