colossus

Friday, November 16, 2007
Random Stuff

WW2 code-breaker behemoth Colossus was beaten …

10:23PM Addy Dugdale | WW2 code-breaker behemoth Colossus was beaten by amateur Joachim Schuth in yesterday’s code-cracking challenge. Bonn-based Schuth had written his own suite of software specially for the challenge. [BBC Online] More »
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Computers

Colossus Back to Crack Codes After a 60-Year Absence

9:36PM Addy Dugdale | Colossus, the code-breaking computer used to decipher German messages during World War Two, has been put back together. Over six decades after the 10 truck-sized devices were dismantled, one has been rebuilt. Today, two teams of code-breakers, one using the Colossus, another using modern technology, are going head-to-head as they attempt to unscramble messages sent from Paderborn, in Germany. More »
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