20 Aug
2004
20 Aug
'04
9:39 a.m.
Hi
If you look closely, you'll notice that it has many more wheels
( rotors ) than three or four. It is a later machine.
Dwight
From: "Jules Richardson"
<julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 18:57, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
Is this the real thing ?
Not a German Enigma, no. (e.g.:
http://web.syr.edu/~nrsmit01/webquest/enigma.jpg), but real in the sense
that it is an Enigma :)
I can't see an equivalent to the plugboard that the German machines
have, so it's presumably a much simpler device.
German 3-rotor Enigma machines are actually pretty common, or so I'm
told - I suppose they just normally appear in traditional auction houses
rather than on ebay.
That ebay one seems like quite a high price. I'm not sure if that's
because it's a) Swiss rather than German, b) in extremely good condition
or c) because it's on ebay. I suspect the latter...
cheers
Jules
