Re: Colossus Talk, Cambridge, 18th February
David Anderson <cdpa-C2P5NI4ZpDVm9/[email protected]>
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I think I would take issue with calling the Colossus "pro Dear Andrew, I think I would take issue with calling the Colossus "programmable". The claim is misleading at best. Furthermore, I am not aware of any role played by the Colossus is decoding "Enigma" intercepts, I rather thought Colossus played a part against traffic generated by Lorenz Schluesselzusatz SZ40 and SZ42 devices - a much harder problem. Best wishes, David Dr. David P. Anderson B.A.Hons Ph.D. M.B.C.S. University of Portsmouth Leader Humanities Computing Group School of Computing Buckingham Building Room BK0.17 Portsmouth PO1 3AE Ph. +44 (0)23 9284 6668 Fax: +44 (0)23 9284 6402 http://www.cdpa.co.uk/UoP/ skype address: uophistorygroupda http://flickr.com/photos/17813989@N00/ ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrew Watson <[email protected]> To: BLETCHLEYPARK-0lvw86wZMd/[email protected] Sent: Thursday, 7 February, 2008 11:05:55 AM Subject: [BPARK] Colossus Talk, Cambridge, 18th February http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/8774 Rebuilding the Colossus of the Modern World * Tony Sale, Hon Fellow of the British Computer Society * Monday 18 February 2008, 19:30-21:00 * Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College, Cambridge CB3 0DS If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Richard Freeman The World's first electronic digital programmable computer has been painstakingly rebuilt at Bletchley Park, where it was vital for decoding Enigma intercepts This talk is part of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) series.