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ZDNet UK's National Museum of Computing awayday

...Colossus, generally recognised as the world's first programmable electronic computer, was developed... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Charles McLellan
Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

...Babbage (the Analytical Engine from 1837), Konrad Zuse, or the Turing Bombe, Colossus and ENIAC — all had their programming very much embodied via external tapes... Read more

3 March, 2012 by S Barry Cooper

Colossus of computing conservation Tony Sale dies

...Tony Sale, the engineer who led the rebuilding of Colossus and kick-started the campaign to save Bletchley Park, has died at... Read more

30 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Tunny code-breaker rebuilt at Bletchley Park

Tunny code-breaker rebuilt at Bletchley Park

...German High Command; and the 'Heath Robinson' machine, a prototype of the Colossus that supplied Lorenz wheel settings as part of the decryption process. The... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner
<endeca_term>Colossus</endeca_term> Mk 2

Colossus Mk 2

...and so we are delighted to be given the chance to review Colossus Mk 2, a new device from those industrious inventors at the Post... Read more

1 April, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Photos: Codebreaking Bletchley Park gets £4.6m lottery grant

...was also home to one of the world's first electronic computers, Colossus. Colossus was developed to help automate the cracking of the Lorenz code... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

When was the first app? Try 19th century France

From the abacus to the iPhone: What were the 50 breakthroughs that sparked the digital revolution? Read more

3 January, 2012 by silicon.com staff

Sponsor a Colossus valve to help Museum of Computing

...offering users the chance to "sponsor a valve" in its rebuild of Colossus, which it describes as "the world's first electronic, programmable computer". In... Read more

7 February, 2012

Obituary: Tony Sale, Colossus rebuilder

...Tony Sale, who appeared to spend much of his free time tending Colossus. This was a reconstructed version of one of the world's first... Read more

30 August, 2011
Walkthrough for Shadow of the <endeca_term>Colossus</endeca_term> 1.0

Walkthrough for Shadow of the Colossus 1.0

...yourself stuck or wish to know the proper tactics in defeating every Colossus within the game, then look no further! Detailed strategies for all 16... Read more

3 September, 2011
Wharr: The <endeca_term>Colossus</endeca_term> Age 1.2

Wharr: The Colossus Age 1.2

THE STORY OF BONEMAUL ORC QUEEN!!! SEVEN BIG COLOSSUS TO DEFEAT!!! MANY SKILL TO INCREASE YOUR POWER!!! SIMPLE USABILITY!!! IF YOU... Read more

20 March, 2011

Seminal UK computer Edsac to be recreated

...purpose computer is to be recreated at Bletchley Park, to sit alongside Colossus, Witch and other groundbreaking designs Read more

13 January, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

BT's archive: Pictures from the vault

...Research Station in 1935. Dollis Hill subsequently worked with Bletchley Park on Colossus, the world's first full electronic computer.After World War II, the... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

History of storage: Cuneiform tablets to flash

...time. One of the most famous uses of paper tape was in Colossus, the reprogrammable electronic computer used by Bletchley Park to crack high-level... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Photos: WWII machine that cracked Nazi codes is reborn

...to decipher messages. However, following the introduction of wheel settings from the Colossus computer in 1944, that time was cut to four days. The complexity... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

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