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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