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There was (IS?) a machine sort of like the Enigma on eBay a couple of weeks
ago. Lots of pictures, a very fine example. It was used for low priority
messages in the field, and had the rotating wheels and other features of the
Enigma, but far smaller and less complicated. I believe the bid was around
$6,000 at the time. It still may be there under "completed" auctions...
Ian Wallace
1960 Ferret Mk 2/3
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> "NIGEL HAY" <Nigelhay@tanksrus.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > A national TV news item just now covered the theft from
> "Station X"museum at
> > Bletchley Park of an ENIGMA cypher machine, used in WW2 to
> > encrypt/de-encrypt the German radio messages. Value is said to be about
> > £100,000 and it is only one of 3 in the world.
> > Hopefully it wil be recovered intact. Ears to the ground and all that,
>
> In past years, I've seen what appeared to be an Enigma machine offered
> for sale at a local gun show. One year it was $6,000, and the next
> year it was marked $12,000. I don't recall how many rotors it had
> (weren't there two versions?). It looked like WW-II equipment... are
> there accurate reproductions out there? Just wondering.
>
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