Re: Bletchley Park
From a visit to Bletchley in early 2017.
Some photos of circuits used in the Colossus Rebuild projects, with hundreds of valves, and using 807's as thyratron switchers in the pulse read cicuitry after the tape readers.
Note the reference to the PO Research Station at Dollis Hill.
I met an old techo in this room who had helped with this rebuild.
And yes, there still are AR88s in the next room.
Just a bit heavy to pinch one out of the racks and take home.
Nostalgia galore; you feel like pitching a tent outside and staying just a bit longer.
But Duxford was calling, and ....
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