3 Apr
2000
3 Apr
'00
10:16 a.m.
An Enigma machine used by the Nazis to send coded
messages during World
War
Two, has been stolen from the code-cracking Station X
at Bletchley Park,
Buckinghamshire. The machine, worth about ?100,000, is one of only three
in
the world. It was brought to the UK after the war.
I bet it was somebody on this list who grabbed it!
Fess up! ;-)
FYI, and I haven't read through all of this tread yet, ...
There is someone who actually brought a near replica
to the MIT swap meet a couple of years ago.
I was lucky enough to see it, open the doors, push a
key, etc.
Turns out that the base machine was produced by someone
in Europe (the Swiss?) for Years before the war. There
were supposedly thousands (hundreds?) produced for use
outside that of the military. The thing that made the Nazi's
Unique was the rotor wiring (again, i'm just catching up
if this was posted already, Hans?).
The MIT Flea machine was I think in the $2000 range,
but memory fades. You can see a lot of good pictures of
for sale one at:
'Tom Perera - W1TP' http://w1tp.com/mcpu.htm
but he says it's been sold by now.
First impressions on seeing such a thing >For Sale< are
thrilling, but be warned that Enigma looking things
need not be Enigmas of folklore, esp. w/o the rotors.
John A.