[Boatanchors] Enigma machine

[K0DAN]

Not so! See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRM_114_%28fictional_device%29

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jmfranke" <jmfranke at cox.net>
To: "Drew P." <drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Enigma machine


> The only CRM-114 Discriminator to ever appear on the surplus market was 
> used
> as part of the guitar amplifier in the opening scenes of Back to the 
> Future.
>
> John  WA4WDL
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Drew P." <drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 12:02 AM
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Enigma machine
>
>> Greg wrote:
>>
>> "At the last Raleigh hamfest there was a real Enigma machine on display
>> under glass.  The organization that displayed it was from the Washington
>> DC area and had a museum there called the National Cryptographic museum 
>> or
>> something similar.  That's your best bet but you have to hunt down the
>> organization down.  The handout brochure showed a newish building on the
>> front with directions and phone number in the DC area.  I wish I could
>> remember the exact name but it escapes me just now. Please pick me up 
>> some
>> copies of the Diana crypto system for my little AN/GRC-9 while your
>> there!"
>>
>> And how about a CRM-114 Discriminator while you're at it?
>>
>> Drew
>>
>>
>>
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