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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From the BBC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">By Shiona McCallum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Technology reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">GCHQ has released never before seen images of Colossus, the UK's secret code-breaking computer credited with helping
the Allies win World War Two.</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The intelligence agency is publishing them to mark the 80th anniversary of the device's invention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">It says they "shed new light" on the "genesis and workings of Colossus", which is considered by many to be the first
digital computer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><snip>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Full text and photos:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">These photos are fascinating, particularly the one showing a separate large set of plugboards. My assumption is that the Colossus shown is one of the later production model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brian Randell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 208 7923<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">URL = https://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brianrandell.html</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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