[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: What's this Western Union keyboard device?

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Sep 25 02:59:31 EDT 2016


     Congratulations, you get the Sherlock Holmes and Jig Saw John 
awards for this.  I wondered because the two machines are closely 
aligned and the typewriter is firmly bolted to a frame around it and 
then to the desk. The link is hidden in the photo posted.

On 9/24/2016 11:27 PM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
> On 9/25/2016 1:05 AM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
>> My suspicion is that it is a keyboard generated Morse Code sender
> Which turned out to be wrong.
> I found out what it actually is, AND it IS connected to the Remington
> typewriter.
> <http://www.prc68.com/I/Cryptopat.shtml>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebern_rotor_machine>
> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Hebern_Electric_Code_Machine,_c._1918,_a_single_rotor_machine_made_by_Edward_H._Hebern_-_National_Cryptologic_Museum_-_DSC07686.JPG>
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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL


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