Built by engineer Tommy Flowers in 1943, the Colossus computer was the first digital, programmable, and electronic computing device. The machine was used by British code breakers during World War II to help decipher messages encrypted with the German Lorenz SZ40/42 machine.
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Vintage Computer Festival 2010 – What a weekend!
Last weekend saw the first Vintage Computer Festival in the UK. It was hosted at Bletchley Park by The National Museum of Computing. Over the
Vintage Computer Festival 2010 is this weekend!
This weekend (19th and 20th June) sees the Vintage Computer Festival visiting the UK for the very first time.
OMD at VCF – All tickets sold out!
Im afraid to announce that all tickets to see OMD at the Vintage Computer Festival have sold out. Please dont ask me if I have any tickets for sale – I dont’!
OMD to play at VCF
Two of the pioneers of British synthesiser music, OMD frontmen Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, will be appearing at Britain’s first Vintage Computer Festival (VCF).
Request for Help looking after the Historic Bombe Rebuild Machine at Bletchley Park
(Original posting) 30 November 2009 Summary: Help wanted maintaining and demonstration the Bombe machine – a request from John Harper. Bletchley Park is constantly in
The National Museum of Computing
Ive just added a link to the The National Museum of Computing. Here is a description of the National Museum of Computing taken from their
Code-cracking and computers
This interesting article was taken from the BBC website. Original page here. Bletchley Park is best known for the work done on cracking the German
Bletchley's Colossus makes beautiful music
Bletchley Park’s National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has hooked up with “chip artist” Pixelh8, aka Matthew Applegate (pictured below), for a most unusual project –
Bletchley Park – Website links
For more info about Bletchley Park, and what they are trying to achieve, make sure you visit their website. The addresses can be found on