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On 1 Jul 97 at 10:48, Brian L. Stuart wrote: <excellent and informative post snipped> There's no mention here of the "computer" used by the British during WWII at Bletchley Park. The British computer press often refer to this as the first electronic programmable computer (although i've always been reluctant to believe that outright as i'm aware that project were well underway in the US and elsewhere at that time). It was certainly used first in around 1940/1941 to break German codes and i think it was instrumental in breaking the famous Enigma code and thereby contributed greatly to the allied war effort. I would be most interested in hearing peoples' views on where the Bletchley Park computer (i can't remember its name) fits in the timeline discussed here and indeed whether or not it was the first electronic programmable computer in the world. If this is getting a little off-topic for this list please mail me direct. ...Nick. -- Nick Challoner nickc(a)ladyland.demon.co.uk Aviation photographs at: http://www.ladyland.demon.co.uk "Bother" said Pooh, as he deleted his root directory.