23 Aug
2004
23 Aug
'04
1:39 a.m.
>>>> "Dwight" == Dwight K Elvey
<dwight.elvey(a)amd.com> writes:
>> Bizarre. Ebay does not allow me to see that
item. It says "due
>> to restrictions in your home country" which is utter nonsense.
>> It's possible that the UK has export restrictions, but that's not
>> what it said...
Dwight> Hi I'm in the US and have no problem looking at it?? Dwight
Strange. I guess Ebay UK is defective.
Dwight was kind enough to forward a pointer to the picture. It looks
like a "Baudot" code machine (three rows, "figures" and
"letters"
keys). The keyboard layout is German (or for another German-speaking
country where the QWERTZ layout is used). The labels are French and
German, which suggests it might be Swiss manufacture, but I can't make
out the manufacturer's name.
No way is this WW2 vintage, nor is it an Enigma. It's been too lnog
since I read Kahn, so I can't remember what other rotor machines
existed a couple of decades ago. Might it be an M209 clone?
paul