The Turing Guide

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figure 14.7 Robinson, precursor to Colossus. This machine, eventually called ‘Old Robinson’, replaced the original
‘Heath Robinson’ (the two were similar in appearance).


From ‘General Report on Tunny’, National Archive ref. HW 25/5 (Vol. 2). Crown copyright and reproduced with permission of the
National Archives Image Library, Kew.


figure 14.6 Max Newman, codebreaker
and computer pioneer.
Reproduced with permission of William Newman.
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