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Can anyone recommend a more technical book on the design and operation of the Colossus? I've found Colossus, a collections of essays edited by B. Jack Copeland,
by jshier 2mo ago
Can anyone recommend a more technical book on the design and operation of the Colossus? I've found Colossus, a collections of essays edited by B. Jack Copeland, but not much else, at least on Amazon. (Also interested in anything on Zuse's computers, as I've mostly studied the Atanasoff-Berry Computer and Eniac).
- a-dub 2mo agothe bletchley park trust sells (used to?) pamphlets in the gift shop that they call "reports" which have been written by some of the rebuild team and other associates.
- jleyank 2mo agoHow about this one, although it covers the context of the times…. https://www.amazon.ca/Colossus-Bletchley-Parks-Greatest-Secret/dp/1843543311/ref=asc_df_1843543311?mcid=74d98c6801133151b152a7b14f879057&tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=706833952781&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4765713133088028103&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000687&hvtargid=pla-587014414474&psc=1&hvocijid=4765713133088028103-1843543311-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1 https://www.amazon.ca/Colossus-Bletchley-Parks-Greatest-Secr...
- sixothree 2mo agoI think the national library (whatever it is called) has the actual operation manual available. But this should be what you're looking for? https://publish.fid-media.de/entities/book/f1548ef2-2420-4c93-9b09-4fadcc847bd3 https://publish.fid-media.de/entities/book/f1548ef2-2420-4c9...
- VogonPoetry 2mo agoThere are a lot of articles written about early machines available from the (British) Computer Conservation Society. The CCS journal is available online at [1]. One article (with a link to a GitHub) discusses making an FPGA version of Colossus. There are many articles written by people who were involved in early computing in the UK. [1] <https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection.htm https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection.htm>