"The leader of a team that rebuilt Colossus in the 1990s showed that, in its whe...

ssl232 on Sept 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Electronic Computers, Part 2: Colossus

"The leader of a team that rebuilt Colossus in the 1990s showed that, in its wheelhouse, [Colossus Mark II] would still easily outperform a 1995-era Pentium processor."

I find that utterly incredible. What a feat of engineering for the 1940s.