DocumentCode
1143841
Title
The rebuilding of Colossus at Bletchley Park
Author
Sale, Anthony E.
Volume
27
Issue
3
fYear
2005
Firstpage
61
Lastpage
69
Abstract
Rebuilding the Colossus Mk2 computer used in code breaking during World War II has been particularly difficult and challenging - almost nothing remained of the original machines. The original drawings and nearly all the circuit diagrams had been destroyed. Then, too, what Colossus actually did was kept secret until recently. These difficulties have been gradually resolved, however. The result? A working example of early electronic computer designs at its innovative best.
Keywords
DP industry; computers; history; Bletchley Park; Colossus Mk2 computer; circuit diagrams; code breaking; electronic computer design; history; Circuits; Electron tubes; Engineering drawings; Marketing and sales; Military computing; Permission; Security; Switches; Thyratrons; Timing; Allen Coombs; Arnold Lynch; Bletchley Park; Colossus; Heath Robinson; Lorenz SZ42; Post Office Research Labs; Super Robinson; The Duke of Kent; Tommy Flowers; WRNS; code-breaking; delta; electric typewriter; paper tape; thyratrons; vacuum tubes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2005.47
Filename
1498719
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