1940 · Welchman's Diagonal Board · Werk 472 von 1.871

The rear of a cryptanalytic machine, a dense lattice of six hundred and seventy-six wires soldered between two rows of terminals, the wires crossing diagonally in a thick woven mass that hides the panel behind, vertical strips of cable sockets in groups of three along the rear, cloth covered cables bundled down the sides, a bronze coloured cabinet frame around it, a single work lamp from above at an angle, tinned copper and brass terminals catching the light, the hut behind in darkness.
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