euston Posted April 27, 2010 Share #1 Posted April 27, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is the rebuilt Colossus MK2 in the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The work the original machine was designed to do is described here: Lorenz Cipher Machine - Tony Sale Summicron 50mm on M9 1/250 at f/2.8 ISO 800 [ATTACH]200121[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Hi euston, Take a look here Explaining Colossus. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted April 28, 2010 Share #2 Posted April 28, 2010 A lovely shot with great composition, colors and sharpness. Also a great history lesson. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted April 30, 2010 A lovely shot with great composition, colors and sharpness. Also a great history lesson. Paul Thanks, Paul. Good of you to say so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted April 30, 2010 Share #4 Posted April 30, 2010 thanks for the photo AND esp for the link . . . just a great story ! the photo looks something like an analog computer (yeh, i know "what's that?") but the link story suggests it works digitally (i think). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
euston Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted April 30, 2010 thanks for the photo AND esp for the link . . . just a great story ! the photo looks something like an analog computer (yeh, i know "what's that?") but the link story suggests it works digitally (i think). Yes, Colossus was the first programmable electronic digital computer. It used valves for digital switching. Have a look at Colossus computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 10, 2010 Share #6 Posted May 10, 2010 It has a newish look but with an historical pedigree. I presume the man is a guide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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