Colossus Historical Hardware

Colossus Historical Hardware

Colossus was the world's first programmable (to a limited extent) digital electronic computer. It was primarily designed for cryptanalysis in an attempt to break one of the cyphers used by the German military for its most secure strategic communications during WWII.

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Take a Tour of Bletchley Park - Information and photos on the Colossus rebuild project at Bletchley Park.
Nationmaster Encyclopedia: Colossus computer - The purpose, origins, and design of the world's first programmable digital electronic computer.
Bletchley Park Museum : Lorenz Cipher Machine - Descriptions of the Lorenz cipher machine and the Colossus computer built to crack the code. Information on the rebuild of a working Colossus.
IEEE Computer Society: Colossus - Brief description and photos.
Colossus at Bletchley Park - History and photos.
How a Computer saved the world - Article from the American Computer Science Association about the history of Colossus (and IBM's involvement in WWII).

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