That photo of Colossus
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That photo of Colossus
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#2If interested in WW2 Allied code breaking you may want to watch the BBC documentary Station X - The Code Breakers of Bletchley Park on Acorn tv
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#3Where’s the new photo?
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#5Where’s the new photo?
It's in the Photo Gallery to the right of the main photo.
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#6That's a fantastic story. At my grandfather's funeral (he was an electronic and medical researcher who developed early foetal pulse monitors as well as the respirators now used to treat sleep apnoea) it gradually became apparent that I was chatting with two of the people who'd installed one of New Zealand's first computer systems. Incredible conversation but it only lasted half an hour and then off they went. I wish I'd had a chance to record some of it.
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#7I’ve seen the Colossus replica running at Bletchley Park. It was quite impressive to see.
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#8Damn, high-speed paper-tape! I used an early DNA sequencer controlled by paper tape, and it's touchy to keep the tape from breaking. I think that they migrated the mechanism from looms. The belt drives also remind me of the water- and steam-powered eras.
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#9Damn, high-speed paper-tape! I used an early DNA sequencer controlled by paper tape, and it's touchy to keep the tape from breaking. I think that they migrated the mechanism from looms. The belt drives also remind me of the water- and steam-powered eras.
Paper tape is indeed a descendant of the Jacquard Loom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom#Mechanical_Jacqu...
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#10Damn, high-speed paper-tape! I used an early DNA sequencer controlled by paper tape, and it's touchy to keep the tape from breaking. I think that they migrated the mechanism from looms. The belt drives also remind me of the water- and steam-powered eras.
Paper tape is indeed a descendant of the Jacquard Loom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom#Mechanical_Jacqu...
First thing i think of. In fact the Ibm for quite a while can be considered as a punch paper card company (and their first antitrust is about their use of that to meter the computer use)