1983/07/01 by Thomas H. Flowers · 7 citations
Computer Science · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
paper · doi:10.1109/mahc.1983.10079
openalex publication_date 1983/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
This article describes the construction and operation of the Colossus machines. The machines had most if not all of the essential features of a modern computer, except that variable programming was provided not by memory store but by hard-wired function units selected and interconnected by switches operated by the mathematician-programmers.