Re: Colossus Talk, Cambridge, 18th February

Frode,

You wrote:

> I just visited the Talks Cambridge Web page and I see the following:
>
> The World's first electronic digital programmable computer has been
> painstakingly rebuilt at Bletchley Park, where it was vital for decoding
> Enigma intercepts.
>
> To my knowledge Colossus was never, ever used for decoding ENIGMA
> messages. Colossus was used for what it was designed for, to break
> messages enciphered on the teleprinter cipher attachment Lorenz
> Schluesselzusatz SZ40 and SZ42.
>
> I wanted to inform Dr. Richard Freeman about this but unfortunately his
> e-mail address is not publicly available via the Talks Cambridge Web
> page. Do you think you can pass the message to him.

I think Tony has contacted him directly.

                               Cheers,

                                     Andrew