If you didn't see this on the bulletins list, you might be interested in attending this special event on Sunday. It's a great opportunity to hear from (and talk with) someone with a great story to tell. John =========================================== Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:06:39 -0400 From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com> SPECIAL PRESENTATION -- 2:00 PM, SUNDAY, APRIL 17 In conjunction with the premiere of a new video documentary about the little-known role of NCR in World War II codebreaking, we're pleased to announce that Tony Sale, authority on British codebreaking during WWII and the leader of the "Colossus Rebuild Project" will make a special presentation for Dayton-area hams and others interested in this fascinating aspect of our history. Tony's work on the Colossus, as well as his understanding of other WWII codebreaking activities, has given him a well-deserved worldwide reputation. Colossus was a 1500 tube computing machine that read paper tape at the astonishing rate of 5000 characters per second. It was designed to break the Lorenz teletype code used by Hitler and his top field commanders during the latter part of the war. Virtually all the documentation for Colossus was destroyed after the war, and Tony and his team built a new machine using nothing but a handful of photos and scraps of schematics, along with the decades-old recollections of the few remaining members of the design team. Visit Tony's website at http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk to learn more about Colossus and Tony's other projects. Tony will give a talk, and take your questions, at the ThinkTV TeleCenter in Dayton, starting at 2:00 PM on Sunday. All hams and other interested folks are invited to attend. RSVP to Fred Stone at <w8lly@dayton.net> is appreciated, but not required. Enter via front door which will be opened at 1:30 PM. The ThinkTV TeleCenter is located at 110 South Jefferson Street in Downtown Dayton--on the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and Fourth Street. Free on-street parking is available on Sundays and paid parking is available in the Dayton Transportation Center parking garage (enter on Fifth Street just east of Jefferson Street. For further information, Contact Fred by email at <w8lly@dayton.net> or by phone at (937) 220-1686 (leave voicemail message if no answer). Hope to see you there! PS -- "Dayton Codebreakers" will first air on Tuesday, April 19 at 9:00 PM on ThinkTV (Channel 16). A special premiere is being held at 7:00 PM this Friday, April 15 at Boll Theatre at the University of Dayton. _______________________________________________ mvarbb mailing list mvarbb@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvarbb

Just a reminder that there is going to be a really great presentation tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00PM at Channel 16. Last night was the premiere of the documentary, and it's great. Tony Sale, our speaker on Sunday, is a fascinating guy who's planning to give a technically-oriented talk that should be right up the alley of our MVUS folks. Please attend if you can; you won't regret it. John ---- John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > If you didn't see this on the bulletins list, you might be interested > in attending this special event on Sunday. It's a great opportunity > to hear from (and talk with) someone with a great story to tell. > > John > > =========================================== > Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:06:39 -0400 > From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra@febo.com> > > > SPECIAL PRESENTATION -- 2:00 PM, SUNDAY, APRIL 17 > > In conjunction with the premiere of a new video documentary about the > little-known role of NCR in World War II codebreaking, we're pleased to > announce that Tony Sale, authority on British codebreaking during WWII > and > the leader of the "Colossus Rebuild Project" will make a special > presentation for Dayton-area hams and others interested in this > fascinating > aspect of our history. > > Tony's work on the Colossus, as well as his understanding of other WWII > codebreaking activities, has given him a well-deserved worldwide > reputation. Colossus was a 1500 tube computing machine that read paper > tape at the astonishing rate of 5000 characters per second. It was > designed to break the Lorenz teletype code used by Hitler and his top > field > commanders during the latter part of the war. Virtually all the > documentation for Colossus was destroyed after the war, and Tony and his > team built a new machine using nothing but a handful of photos and scraps > of schematics, along with the decades-old recollections of the few > remaining members of the design team. Visit Tony's website at > http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk to learn more about Colossus and Tony's > other projects. > > Tony will give a talk, and take your questions, at the ThinkTV TeleCenter > in Dayton, starting at 2:00 PM on Sunday. All hams and other interested > folks are invited to attend. RSVP to Fred Stone at <w8lly@dayton.net> is > appreciated, but not required. Enter via front door which will be opened > at 1:30 PM. > > The ThinkTV TeleCenter is located at 110 South Jefferson Street in > Downtown > Dayton--on the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and Fourth > Street. Free on-street parking is available on Sundays and paid > parking is > available in the Dayton Transportation Center parking garage (enter on > Fifth Street just east of Jefferson Street. For further information, > Contact Fred by email at <w8lly@dayton.net> or by phone at (937) 220-1686 > (leave voicemail message if no answer). > > Hope to see you there! > > PS -- "Dayton Codebreakers" will first air on Tuesday, April 19 at > 9:00 PM > on ThinkTV (Channel 16). A special premiere is being held at 7:00 PM > this > Friday, April 15 at Boll Theatre at the University of Dayton. > > > _______________________________________________ > mvarbb mailing list > mvarbb@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvarbb > > >