Original Enigma machine on Ebay....

Yewen · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:26

chris_r said:
laugh at me if you want, but whats the enigma in the liverpool Museum, at the Albert Dock....is there tonnes of these?

Every sub had one, there would be one for every unit of the army... then revisions when they upgraded.

And to the Collossus, I read a nice conspiracy theory that one is still running today doing calculations (and yes I know how mad that would seem)

FreeStream · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:29

Phnom_Penh said:
twas the Polish tbh.

Oi, ill have none of that

Oooo, what a peice of history!!!

converse_uprise · 30 Mar 2006 at 21:37

erm, i'd poke a few buttons then put it in the attic!

William · 30 Mar 2006 at 22:51

Nismo said:
How come Fritz still has this one then?

Because Jurgen had a lot of Uboats.

Greenlizard0 · 30 Mar 2006 at 23:10

woah, that is cool.

Though the posts above indicate that it may not be true? Aw..

Dingo · 31 Mar 2006 at 00:42

Bizarre place for one of three in the World to end up, auction house would seem the best place, particularly as they are estimated to fetch £100,000 each......maybe this is the one stolen from Bletchley park in 2000?.........or maybe, just maybe, it ain't real!!

Then again maybe his other items for sale, like his Ford Ka, might just be real!!

Stretch · 31 Mar 2006 at 00:51

MaxPower said:
EUR 13,150.00 for that piece of junk I doubt it can even run Quake.

It will do by the time I've moded it with a P4 Mini ITX with a gig of ram. Would have to be the coolest mod of all time. :cool:

mysticsniper · 31 Mar 2006 at 02:34

I guess this is just a sign of our times.
I agree this belongs in a museum or at some military cryptowarfare school's main entry hall.

What's next the next Dead Sea Scrolls on eBay?

Is nothing sacred anymore?

Yewen · 31 Mar 2006 at 04:00

A lot of these were made, it is not like it is the only one, or a special model!

Morat · 31 Mar 2006 at 04:13

There are only 3 in existence and one was stolen a few years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/943527.stm

Ex-RoNiN · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:47

I smell a rat. Its either the stolen one, or a fake - no serial numbers is highly suspicious

Flibster · 31 Mar 2006 at 17:03

The one nicked from Bletchley was one of only three...

It was one of only three high quality naval intelligence version with 4 rotors.

There's several of the 3 rotor Enigma's left - of which the ebay'd one is one.

Simon/~Flibster

6thElement · 31 Mar 2006 at 17:37

There's a Colossus replica at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry IIRC.

woodsy2k · 31 Mar 2006 at 17:49

Blimey, thats something you dont see every day!

Up to over 25000 euros now. If it is genuine then i believe it should be on show for the public, not in someones house, unless they take absolute care of it. Things like that should not be forgotten.