possibly OT: Enigma Cypher machine on e-bay.

From: Adrian Vickers <adrian.vickers_at_blue-edged.com>
Date: Mon Mar 10 04:01:00 2003

> From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com]
>
> >I wonder how many are out there in private (non government) hands.
> >
> I doubt there are any still in governement hands except
> perhaps in museums. But stop and think for a moment, every
> unit of the German army, air force, navy and even railroad
> police had one during WW II. They must have made tens if not
> handreds of thousands of these! And that's not including the
> ones that were probably used by Germany's allies.

Absoulutely. Now, a /real/ rarity would be a 4-rotor U-boat cipher; of
which probably only hundreds were made, and most will be quitely rusting
& rotting at the bottom of the ocean...

Cheers,
Ade.
Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 04:01:00 GMT