OT Enigma Machine
 

My good friend and co-author [Germany] is having a 'garage sale' to pay for some newly acquired pistols!

Included is the ultimate WW-2 collectible! an ENIGMA MACHINE! [would you believe he had two?]

It and much more is listed on EBAY...you can check under the seller's moniker of "Mod.HP".

I will attest to his veracity and integrity. He is one of the world's top experts and collectors..........and one of my best friends!

So, if you need a coding machine, here is your chance!

ORV REICHERT
P O BOX 67
VADER, WA 98593-0067
360 245 3492 (TEL)
360 245 3702 (FAX)
MR.P38@LOCALACCESS.COM (E-MAIL)

I have trouble sometimes to understand my computer as it is.
To have an apparatus designed to do just that and nothing else scares me.

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-Artsi

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ORV,
I went to see on EBAY the items your friend has for sale:

<img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" /> Incredible stuff! <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />

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Very cool Orv!

Thanks and I'll watch a few of these auctions.

Ed

Wish I had that kind of money Orv... my military background was in crypto... I would love to have one of those ENIGMA machines on display in my office.

Go for it John!!!

I posted a photo, John....I think you should own that puppy!

Orv

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/enigma-1.jpg

[hope the photo thing works?

I try again...

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/Enigma-1.jpg

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When did the Enigma machine go from 3 wheels to 4 wheels ? (Date/Reason ?)The only photo I have seen in the past is a 4-wheel unit...

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Pete, These machines had a capability to put on and take off wheels. The Germans started out with one and eventually went to multiples. Some of the more complicated ones had more than four I think. The Poles copied the Enigma from a commercial model that was sold in Germany before the war and by the time the Germans invaded Poland they had a giant work shop think tank that was removed to England just in time to escape capture. It became a basis for breaking German codes. Time life produced a book on codes etc. That had a great article about this. Jerry Burney

John should buy both machines. After all, if you encrypt a message on one side of the office, you need something to decrypt it on the other side.

Hello Pete,

Enigma machines went to 4 rotors beginning of 1943. Allied were reading Enigma since end of 1942. Even with the 4 rotors Enigma, Allied were able to read it and know the approximate locations of U-Boats.

Less successes against vessels prompted Donitz to establish WOLF PACKS of U-Boats....no big successes there too...


Turning point of the U-Boat warfare came in summer 1943 when they became the game instead of being the hunter...


Excellent books on the subjetc by author Blair...

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