Fred Abse wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:53:32 +0100, R. Steve Walz wrote:

Doenitz trusted the Czech engineer who built the Enigma. Bad practice
for a Nazi.
He didn't anticipate Colossus

Sorry, Steve, have to correct you here. Colossus had nothing to do with
Enigma, it was used on the Lorenz pseudo-random (more pseudo than random
to quote Tony Sale) teletype encryptor. (Codename Fish)
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Ooops, sorry, you're right, but the Lorenz was a machine that used the
same basic principle as Enigma.


I've seen the replica running. The paper tape reader is awesome. 5000
characters a second.

The machines used on Enigma were called Bombes.
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True, thanks for that!

-Steve
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