possibly OT: Enigma Cypher machine on e-bay.

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Mar 10 13:04:00 2003

> I think this one does have the ability to do a loop.
> The rotating wheels constitutes a three level loop.
> In fact, it is hard wired to loop.
> Lets see:
>
> a. Changing wheels and order changes stored program
> b. Hitting different keys causes conditional change of output
> c. Wheels generate nested loops
> d. Keyboard and display form I/O
>
> It looks like it meets your list.

SSSSTTTTRRREEETTTCCCHHH.......

I should point out the the four way switch I use to turn on the lights in
my kitchen folllow the basic ideas of the Enigma. Do I live in a a computer?

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 13:04:00 GMT