<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Evan, only a guess, but RE the name Colossus, how about the Colossus of Rhodes?<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes</a><br><br>
"...constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonus_I_Monophthalmus" title="Antigonus I Monophthalmus">Antigonus I Monophthalmus</a>, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC."<br>
<br></div>Britain was under threat of invasion when the computer was built, if not technically under siege.<br><br></div>- Bill<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Evan Koblentz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evan@snarc.net" target="_blank">evan@snarc.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Jean Bartik's autobiography is now available at <a href="http://tsup.truman.edu/item.asp?itemid=480" target="_blank">http://tsup.truman.edu/item.<u></u>asp?itemid=480</a>. There is also an e-book version at Amazon. (I recently learned that Kindle books can be read through a browser or through an iOS/Android app -- you don't need a Kindle device.)<br>
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Also: Does anyone know how the British Colossus computer got its name, other than the general assumption "because it was big"...? I emailed TNMOC about this. They wrote back and said they don't know and that nobody ever asked.<br>
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