possibly OT: Enigma Cypher machine on e-bay.

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Mar 10 13:21:00 2003

>From: "William Donzelli" <aw288_at_osfn.org>
>
>> 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
>

No, it doesn't meet either a or c. It is arguable as
to b. I'll give you d.
 I don't think I stretched on any of the ones I listed.
Well, maybe a little on b but the rest are quite clear.
It isn't a general purpose computing machine but it is
clearly a computing machine.
Dwight
Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 13:21:00 GMT