Bob W wrote: > I spent the better part of the today with Chris at Bletchley Park, > exploring > the code-breaking exhibitions. It's a great day out for anyone > interesting > in the history of computing or WWII, and highly recommended, although > Bletchely and the museum of computing are scandalously under-funded, so > it > all looks a bit shabby. > > You might find this a bit dull if you're not interested in the subject, > but > I took several of them to show my mother, who worked in sigint after > the war > on this sort of equipment. > > <http://www.web-options.com/MK/> > > Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of Colossus, which was working > away > at decrypting Hermann Goering's shopping list or something, but it's a > fascinating machine. Go there if you can. But on a Saturday or a > Thursday > when you can actually get into the part of the museum where they have > the > type of machines I used to program... > > There are some cows too. > > Bob Good stuff Bob. I can't wait to see the B&Ws. It was a privilege to have a go with the M3 - a real classic.
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