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The COLOSSUS by Brian Randell

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Documents the COLOSSUS machine: its electromechanical design, capabilities, and historical significance in early computing. Primary-source oral history from a computer historian who studied its development.

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A 48-minute video from Computer History Museum: “The COLOSSUS by Brian Randell”.

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Video by Computer History Museum, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of The International Research Conference in the History of Computing at Los Alamos, 1976