Comments on: Panorama – The Colossus Computer http://www.edparsons.com/2009/07/panorama-the-colossus-computer/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vector One http://www.edparsons.com/2009/07/panorama-the-colossus-computer/#comment-1814 Vector One Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:45:25 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=964#comment-1814 Ed, Have a look at the Z1. http://www.sdtb.de/Computing-and-automation.1256.0.html I've had the fortune to see 6 Enigma machines while in Germany. The best one is located at the former British Airbase Gatow in west Berlin. It includes the code wheels on display. Gatow is an air musuem today. http://vector1media.com/vectorone/images/Gatow.flv Ed,

Have a look at the Z1.
http://www.sdtb.de/Computing-and-automation.1256.0.html

I’ve had the fortune to see 6 Enigma machines while in Germany. The best one is located at the former British Airbase Gatow in west Berlin. It includes the code wheels on display.

Gatow is an air musuem today.
http://vector1media.com/vectorone/images/Gatow.flv

]]> By: Early Day Motion to support Bletchley Park Museum | edparsons.com http://www.edparsons.com/2009/07/panorama-the-colossus-computer/#comment-1813 Early Day Motion to support Bletchley Park Museum | edparsons.com Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:38:41 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=964#comment-1813 [...] the Museum last week, support is critically needed I hate to think what the electricity bill for Colossus is [...] [...] the Museum last week, support is critically needed I hate to think what the electricity bill for Colossus is [...]

]]> By: Phil Bridges http://www.edparsons.com/2009/07/panorama-the-colossus-computer/#comment-1812 Phil Bridges Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:09:14 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=964#comment-1812 Did I really pay £399 for a BBC Model B back in 1984? And then another £100 for a 40 track single sided (100K) 5.25" floppy drive? Then there was the 2MHz processor, and 32K of ram, of which about 12k was used by the OS, leaving me with a whopping 20k.. woo hoo! Did I really pay £399 for a BBC Model B back in 1984? And then another £100 for a 40 track single sided (100K) 5.25″ floppy drive? Then there was the 2MHz processor, and 32K of ram, of which about 12k was used by the OS, leaving me with a whopping 20k.. woo hoo!

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