Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine

Exclusive - an insider's snapshot of Bletchley Park's secret war hero

Published: 19 March 2008 10:57 GMT by Andy McCue

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Bletchley Park was the secret home to Britain's top codebreakers during World War II. The base is now home to the fledgling National Museum of Computing, which features a rebuild of the world's first electronic codebreaking computer - Colossus.

In the first of this exclusive video series, silicon.com takes you behind the scenes at the museum for a look at the evolution of the modern computer, starting with Colossus and a demonstration by the man who rebuilt it - computer expert and former spy Tony Sale.

See exclusive photos from Colossus here


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