[GreenKeys] Lorenz M15 clone on ebay

[Don Robert House]

I agree Craig...  We would love to have a Lorenz at our museum but 
the freight alone would break our budget, not to mention the asking 
price.  I have seen a Lorenz in Washington state and it does look 
like a nice machine.  They made some improvements that allow it to 
run faster than a M15.  How much faster is guesswork however as the 
original design never considered 100 wpm.

Nice of you to keep in touch.  I hope to come "across pond" someday 
and visit Bletchley Park.

Best regards,

Don




At 5:30 PM +0000 2/9/2003, Craig Sawyers wrote:
>  > A German-built Lorenz M15 clone is on ebay (in the UK), closing today.
>>  I've never seen a pic of one, and didn't know any still existed.
>
>Yes - I restored a T32Lo at Bletchley Park a couple of years ago.  Nice bit
>of gear.  The only problem was that one of the selector magnets was open
>circuit - and I replaced it with an identical unit from a Teletype.
>
>I know the chap who is trying to sell this gear - he offered it to BP, but
>they wanted him to donate it and he wanted to sell it.
>
>The terminal unit is interesting - I think that the teleprinter and terminal
>unit were parts of the WWII enciphering system using the Lorenz SZ42.  BP
>has a working (the *only* working) SZ42 on the planet.
>
>I suspect that he has it overvalued, and it won't get a single bid, let
>alone his reserve.  Shame really - it is a significant piece of history, but
>it needs to be realistically priced.
>
>Cheers
>
>Craig
>
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