Interestingly enough, I ran across an Enigma machine at a hamfest
in MD. last year. The gentleman had it on a table amidst a bunch
of WWII radio gear. I did a doubletake when I saw it (I only recognized
it because I've seen the one in the Smithsonian). It was missing the
encoder wheels, and I seem to remember that he wanted somewhere around
$7K for it. I'm pretty certain he didn't sell it, and I haven't seen
it at any hamfests since, but perhaps he'll have it there again this year.
-al-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans Franke [mailto:Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de]
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:12 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: One of only 3 "enigma machine" stolen; A piece
> of ENIAC was
> up for auction.
>
>
>
> > >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? ;-)
>
> > Also sounds a bit like an April Foolsday Prank (Saturday
> was the day of the
> > crime)
>
> > Hmmm. If ever on sale at Ebay be prepared to fork out
> another 100K pounds
> > for the shipping !
>
> Why ? Do they include an U-Boot ?
>
> ;)
> Hans
>
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Received on Mon Apr 03 2000 - 17:11:13 BST