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How many valves were used on each of the ten colossus machines?
The Colossus was built using thermionic valves, thyratrons, relays and stepping switches.The Colossus Mark 1 used about 1600 valves and the Colossus Mark 2 used about 2400 valves. After the Colossus Mark 2 was in production and use the single Colossus Mark 1 was briefly shutdown and upgraded to a Colossus Mark 2. Five of the ten Colossus machines also had a device called the "gadget" that aided in a process called "rectangling", the number of additional valves added to each of these enhanced Colossus Mark 2 machines is unknown.
How did the Colossus get it to work?
using valves
How did they get colossus to work?
using valves
How many valves were used on each of the 10 colossus machine?
The Colossus was built using thermionic valves, thyratrons, relays and stepping switches.The Colossus Mark 1 used about 1600 valves and the Colossus Mark 2 used about 2400 valves. After the Colossus Mark 2 was in production and use the single Colossus Mark 1 was briefly shutdown and upgraded to a Colossus Mark 2. Five of the ten Colossus machines also had a device called the "gadget" that aided in a process called "rectangling", the number of additional valves added to each of these enhanced Colossus Mark 2 machines is unknown.
Why did the colossus need valves?
Because - when Colossus was built (in 1943), microchips had yet to be invented ! Microchips replaced valves and transistors in newer computers.
What are some of the Colossus computer problems with valves?
they were huge and you needed loads
How did the Colossus work without any software?
Colossus worked by holes punched in a paper tape. It was programmed by switches and plugs. Colossus used thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) to perform Boolean and counting operations.
What were the two main problems caused by using the valves on the colossus?
Probably rate of burnout and heat. But this was common to all vacuum tube computers, not just Colossus.
What were the two main problems caused by using the valves on the Colossus computer?
Probably rate of burnout and heat. But this was common to all vacuum tube computers, not just Colossus.
What part of the colossus computer enabled it to do the processing?
The vacuum tubes (valves) in the Colossus computer enabled it to perform processing. These tubes acted as electronic switches, allowing Colossus to execute complex calculations and process data at high speeds. The extensive use of vacuum tubes made Colossus one of the first programmable electronic digital computers, capable of breaking encrypted messages during World War II.
Colossus was developed during World War 2. What was it and what was it used for?
Colossus was a very large computer that used valves - a far cry from a modern desktop computer. It was used to help break the German's Enigma Code.
How many pages does The Fall of Colossus have?
The Fall of Colossus has 186 pages.
