On Sat, 18 Oct 2025, 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.
The 1401 room at the college (55+ years ago) always seemed to have a "burnt oil" smell. But, that might have been mostly unskilled maintenance of the EAM equipment. That smell is absent from the [working!] 1401 at CHM
