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.
