Enigma

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Mon Aug 23 08:39:35 2004

>>>>> "Dwight" == Dwight K Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com> writes:

>>> Bizarre. Ebay does not allow me to see that item. It says "due
>>> to restrictions in your home country" which is utter nonsense.
>>> It's possible that the UK has export restrictions, but that's not
>>> what it said...

 Dwight> Hi I'm in the US and have no problem looking at it?? Dwight

Strange. I guess Ebay UK is defective.

Dwight was kind enough to forward a pointer to the picture. It looks
like a "Baudot" code machine (three rows, "figures" and "letters"
keys). The keyboard layout is German (or for another German-speaking
country where the QWERTZ layout is used). The labels are French and
German, which suggests it might be Swiss manufacture, but I can't make
out the manufacturer's name.

No way is this WW2 vintage, nor is it an Enigma. It's been too lnog
since I read Kahn, so I can't remember what other rotor machines
existed a couple of decades ago. Might it be an M209 clone?

        paul
Received on Mon Aug 23 2004 - 08:39:35 BST