BBC coverage: Colossus vs. Modern hardware

[Paul Anderson]

There used to be a nice "arial" at RAF Chicksands in Bedfordshire.  I was
there in the 70's and assume it's still there.

Paul Anderson


On 11/15/07, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> woodelf wrote:
> > from at fu3.org wrote:
> >
> >> Disregard my premature statement; yours is here too.
> > Who do you think will crash first? The real hardware or the software
> > version?
>
> ISTR the Colossus guys saying that one of the main problems was the lack
> of
> transmit power on the German side (due to rules and regulations) - it's a
> fraction of what it would have been in wartime. Plus of course the
> receiving
> aerial is tiny compared to the originals too!
>
> Glad my post turned up and I wasn't going mad, anyway. Just another little
> glitch in the Matrix I guess :-)
>
> J.
>
>