WWII computer working again

Discussion in 'World War 2' started by Kyt, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Colossus cracks codes once more

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7094881.stm

     
  2. morse1001

    morse1001 Guest

    Nice to see the original electronic computer in work again! I wonder if they can connect it to the internet?
     
  3. morse1001

    morse1001 Guest

  4. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

  5. morse1001

    morse1001 Guest

    Interesting!
     
  6. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    It still is a fantastic piece of kit after all these years, technology has moved on but then again so have the people who find ways of encrypting things so you cant see them.
     
  7. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    I think it was probably a given it would lose the race but I wonder if the computer it raced will still be working in 60 years time!
     
  8. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    Exactly, and it wont be!
     
  9. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    I remember reading somewhere that a lot of the Vietnam records are inaccessible because though they have the magnetic tapes they don't have the technology to read them anymore.
     
  10. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    Ridiculous state of affairs.
     

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