10 Mar
2002
10 Mar
'02
8:01 p.m.
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 09:07:54PM +0000, Stan Barr wrote:
I remember reading that the FISH Bombes, which ran at
up to 2,000
cps frequently broke their tapes and spewed tape everywhere ;-)
5,000 cps I think. According to the people currently at Bletchley Park,
they originally picked a good speed (perhaps at random or perhaps by trying
faster and faster speeds). The tape snapped, and as you said it was very
impressive because of the huge pulley arrangement. So they divided the
top speed in half.
-- Derek