25 Apr
2007
25 Apr
'07
12:40 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
The basic principles of the Enigma were well known,
enough for the British
to make an emulator. It was the details of the wheels and the codes that
were hard to come by.
Indeed - the patent for the machine was granted in 1918 I think, and the
machine was intended as much for business as it was for military purposes;
there was just no interest initially because the price was too high.