Title :
The rebuilding of Colossus at Bletchley Park
Author :
Sale, Anthony E.
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2005.47