- Electronic Computer — 2023-10-07 10:38:05
…n **Maxwell Newman** they proposed an electronic computer system using **1500** [[Thermionic_valve|Thermionic valves]]. Colossus could work at 5000 characters per second with an interval between sprocket holes of 200 microseconds. In this time Colo…
…ssus performed up to 100 Boolean calculations simultaneously on each of the five tape channels. ||{{image url="Colossus.jpg" class="lef" width="350" title="Colossus then"}}||{{image url="ColossusNow.jpg" class="lef" width="350" title="Co…
…lossus now"}}|| == Even Earlier == >>{{amazonad}}>> [[Computer]] == Enigma == The Colossus was not used to decipher the Enigma. That was done with a machine called **Bombe** that was developed for Alan Turing b…
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