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A truly colossal project

 
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EWBrown
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:09 am    Post subject: A truly colossal project Reply with quote
Rebuilding the WWII "Colossus" computer:

http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/lorenz/rebuild.htm



Just what we need to decrypt those old WWII Enigma machines I've seen occasionally offered for sale...

/ed B in NH
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1816412007
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:52 am    Post subject: Truly enigmatic Reply with quote
http://w1tp.com/enigma/

He (Tom Perera) shows up at all the local swapmeets, and has various WWII Enigmas, Russian "Fialka" machines and others on display (and for sale). At one time he had some US WWII M-209s for sale for crazy money (around $3K). He just about had "an impromptu bowel movement" when I told him about the one I scored for $25 at a hamfest several years earlier... Yup, I still have it...

Then there are those who combine art and function:

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv1/pht10.html



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