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eppur_se_muova

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Tue Sep 23, 2014, 12:57 AM Sep 2014

Museum reunion for Colossus computer veterans (BBC) {Bletchley Park}

By Mark Ward
Technology correspondent, BBC News

The largest gathering of veterans who operated the Colossus code-cracking computer in World War Two has been held at Bletchley Park.

The operators met at the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) which has a replica of the pioneering machine.

It was held after publicity around Colossus's 70th anniversary led many former operators to contact the museum.

It has also revealed plans to create a virtual copy of the huts in which 11 Colossi were sited in wartime.
Digital double

In February, TNMOC celebrated 70 years since the Colossus computer attacked its first scrambled message. The machine was built to tackle the cipher system used to secure messages sent between Hitler and his generals.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29311068

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Museum reunion for Colossus computer veterans (BBC) {Bletchley Park} (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 OP
Beautiful shenmue Sep 2014 #1
I take it, it's not this Colossus project... longship Sep 2014 #2
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