Hi,

Any ideas on this puzzling sentence in the press release? “The Colossus computer was created during the Second World War […] but its existence was only revealed in the early 2000s after six decades of secrecy.” As far as I know the existence of Colossus has in no way been a mystery at least since the early 1970s, right?

Best

--Joris

From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Brian Randell via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org>
Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 12:50
To: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org>
Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Colossus at 80

Hi:

Here is the official GCHQ press release:

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/news/colossus-80

Cheers

Brian Randell

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