Just out of curiosity, is there still a chance of getting that piece of the ENIAC? -----Original Message----- From: John Lewczyk <jlewczyk(a)his.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:36 PM Subject: One of only 3 "enigma machine" stolen; A piece of ENIAC was up forauction. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_698000/698804.stm 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! ;-) I see it as another sign of how serious our hobby is becoming. Its valued at 100,000 pounds! I wonder what it will fetch on ebay? ;-) On the other hand, a piece of ENIAC from Eckert's estate was up for auction this weekend in Philadelphia (http://skinner.lycos.com/Scripts/ListingInfo.asp?LotNo=10083515&SiteCat… 1397). Opening bid was $4K, they expected it to go to $8-$12K US. They didn't get a nibble! Go figure! I was rather tempted, but don't have that deep pockets.