Just out of curiosity, is there still a chance of getting that piece of the
ENIAC?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Lewczyk <jlewczyk_at_his.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_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&SiteCatNo=8
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.
Received on Mon Apr 03 2000 - 00:22:42 BST