On 6/6/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >I spent the better part of the today with Chris at Bletchley Park, exploring >the code-breaking exhibitions. It's a great day out for anyone interesting >in the history of computing or WWII, and highly recommended, although >Bletchely and the museum of computing are scandalously under-funded, so it >all looks a bit shabby. > >You might find this a bit dull if you're not interested in the subject, but >I took several of them to show my mother, who worked in sigint after the war >on this sort of equipment. > ><http://www.web-options.com/MK/> > >Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of Colossus, which was working away >at decrypting Hermann Goering's shopping list or something, but it's a >fascinating machine. Go there if you can. But on a Saturday or a Thursday >when you can actually get into the part of the museum where they have the >type of machines I used to program... > >There are some cows too.
Sorry I couldn't make it guys. Busy slaving over a very hot Mac all weekend editing video to go in iPhone Apps! Nice to see the pics - was the U-boat still in the car park? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
