Enigma Machine cardboard cut out ~ you know that you want one!

Discussion in 'Top Secret' started by soren1941, Jan 6, 2009.

  1. soren1941

    soren1941 Living in Ypres

    Hi Chaps,

    I found this:
    Paper Enigma Machine

    Print your own Enigma Machine, go on you know that you want one!

    Cheers

    Soren
     
  2. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    There's also a very good Enigma emulator here:
    Enigma Simulator

    Great fun, just need some code books and original messages original messages to decode now... :)
     
  3. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    There's also a very good Enigma emulator here:
    Enigma Simulator

    Great fun, just need some code books and original messages original messages to decode now... :)

    Dirk's simulators are very good indeed, but I prefer my M4 machine.

    http://www.********.co.uk/m4/index.htlm


    Could never work out how to use the paper model.
    Plenty of original messages around, follow the links on my website.

    geoff
     
  4. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Isnt the internet a wonderful place??? :D What a novel idea. We could set up our own virtual "Bletchley Park" right here on the forums!
     
  5. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    isnt the internet a wonderful place??? :d what a novel idea. We could set up our own virtual "bletchley park" right here on the forums!

    zxcvm pqdht sjkll mqwev qnghj czhty jlqpu
     
  6. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    zxcvm pqdht sjkll mqwev qnghj czhty jlqpu
    Ah the first encrypted message has arrived. Soren??? Where are you??? :lol:
     
  7. soren1941

    soren1941 Living in Ypres

    I like this aspect of the war,however I have wasted too many brain cells in the past to ever understand how they work!
     
  8. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    There's a rather interesting section about Enigma and Ultra in the After The Battle volumes on D-Day.

    I posted a article from it on here. Link below :)

    Enigma/Ultra

    Cheers
    Andy
     
  9. plant-pilot

    plant-pilot Senior Member

    There are several good Enigma emulators and simulators, some of which show all the connections and wheel movements as you go. There are original messages with the code settings for that day so you can try some decoding There's even a program that produces your own code sheets for a month or year so you can send messages between friends. You can also buy the plans to build your own electronic Enigma machine.

    With all that to play with, I am not too sure why you would want to make one out of paper..... unless you want to plat during a power cut. :)
     
  10. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    Dirk's simulators are very good indeed, but I prefer my M4 machine.

    http://www.********.co.uk/m4/index.htlm


    Could never work out how to use the paper model.
    Plenty of original messages around, follow the links on my website.

    geoff

    Geoff, an amazing resource you've put together there. I now remember visiting your site a few years back and then losing the link.

    You'll probably know the answer to this. I was thinking of messages that still need to be decrypted. My impression was that at war's end, everything was broken down at BP and that there were thousands of messages on file which were never decrypted. Is that so? Could there still be a wealth of messages locked away in the archives awaiting decryption?
     
  11. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    You'll probably know the answer to this. I was thinking of messages that still need to be decrypted. My impression was that at war's end, everything was broken down at BP and that there were thousands of messages on file which were never decrypted. Is that so? Could there still be a wealth of messages locked away in the archives awaiting decryption?

    A few keys were unbroken, some Gestapo, I think and one of the army keys (Greenshank, possibly) however its unlikely that raw material was ever allowed out. None at NA, although they have decodes but no original intercepts. The ones we found were a lucky find in Germany, a batch of about 700, it would have been a serious offense for someone to hoard these.
     
  12. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    You can also buy the plans to build your own electronic Enigma machine.

    With all that to play with, I am not too sure why you would want to make one out of paper..... unless you want to plat during a power cut. :)

    It's sold as a kit of electronic bits, make your own box. Here's one I made earlier:

    Enigma-E

    Runs OK in power cuts.
     

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