The History of Colossus Computer

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The english electronic computers were created by a group of people, with the leading role of the famous english mathematician Maxwell Newman and the engineer Thomas Flowers.

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Colossus (called later Colossus Mark I) design started in March 1943. By December 1943 all the various circuits were working and the Colossus was dismantled shipped up to GC&CS and assembled.

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Each of the ten Colossi occupied a large room in Bletchley Park. The racks were 2.3 m high of varying widths.

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In 1994, a team led by Tony Sale began a reconstruction of a Colossus at Bletchley Park.

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