On Sat, 2025-10-18 at 14:24 -0400, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
On 2025-10-18 12:44, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote:
Surely those spinning mechanisms in Colossus rely
somewhat on oil.
Though I
haven't noticed it spraying a skidmark across the walls.
That's what they used the vaseline for!
They had a different use for it in the Royal Navy.