[NJARC] PC 1, Collosus 0

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amagoun wrote:
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> I had an opportunity to see the Colossus or part thereof fired up during
> an IEEE conference at Bletchley Park in 2004 for the IEEE Milestone
> there.  There were a lot of valves glowing, but only 400 or so as I
> recall out of the 1,500 used in the original machine.  Perhaps they
> finished the reconstruction since then.

I believe that's what the recent celebration was about, although I don't
know how many valves are glowing now.  Here's a photo I took of the back
of Colossus at that same IEEE conference in 2004 (hi, Alex!):

http://ftldesign.com/images/ColossusBack-2004.jpg

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