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Computers at Bletchley
Posted by: SuperKraut ()
Date: December 20, 2000 04:12PM

<HTML>The \"mechanical method of trial and error\" which I referred to was called a \"bombe\" and it was a primitive electromechanical computer. It was the use of this method, instead of the classical pencil and paper which resulted in timely information. However, the bombes were useless without knowing how the Enigma rotors were wired since the rotors in the bombes had to be wired the same way.

Bletchly developed a much more sophisticated electronic computer around 1944 which was used to crack another German ciphering system used for teletype. This machine was called Colossus and was dismantled after the war. Colossus was the first real computer used by the Allies. The Germans also had programmable computers, but they were not used for cryptography. The distinct lack of support for the work of Konrad Zuse was another major error of the Nazi regime.

Regards,
SuperKraut</HTML>

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Subject Written By Posted
Cracking Enigma Marco 12/19/2000 08:34PM
RE: Cracking Enigma Craig McLean 12/20/2000 03:05AM
RE: Cracking Enigma Takeo 12/20/2000 10:39AM
RE: Cracking Enigma Fin Bonset 12/20/2000 12:52PM
Your P.S. SuperKraut 12/20/2000 03:56PM
RE: Your P.S. Fin Bonset 12/20/2000 05:25PM
Hey wait a minute... :-) MCE 12/20/2000 06:38PM
RE: Hey wait a minute... :-) Fin Bonset 12/20/2000 06:47PM
RE: Hey wait a minute... :-) MCE 12/20/2000 06:58PM
RE:What This..? Joe Brennan 12/22/2000 09:12AM
RE:What This..? MCE 12/22/2000 08:00PM
Computers at Bletchley SuperKraut 12/20/2000 04:12PM
RE: Computers at Bletchley MCE 12/20/2000 06:46PM
RE: Computers at Bletchley Ralph Langley 12/20/2000 07:01PM
RE: Cracking Enigma Dietzsch 12/20/2000 08:44AM
Enigma and Ultra SuperKraut 12/20/2000 10:19AM
RE: Enigma and Ultra philip henderson 12/23/2000 12:27AM
Enigma and Fish SuperKraut 12/23/2000 10:18AM


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