[GreenKeys] Interesting cipher machine.

Bob kb8tq kb8tq at n1k.org
Thu Feb 10 16:32:41 EST 2022


Hi

Photo with the operator’s hand just “happening” to be covering the details
of the disk pack ….. odd how that just happened to be the case. 

Bob

> On Feb 10, 2022, at 4:08 PM, Jerry Murphy <gfmurphy at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> The interesting thing in that video is that the keyboard and strip printer is a repackaged
> Model 31 Teletype machine.  By the way, Teletype Corporation manufactured most if not
> all of the mechanical crypto machines used by the United States.  Attached is a picture
> showing a SIGABA machine on the left and the AFSAM-4 machine on the right.
> Jerry Murphy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick England 
> Sent: Feb 10, 2022 11:04 AM
> To: Michael Katzmann 
> Cc: Green Keys 
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Interesting cipher machine.
>  
> Thanks for that link, Michael -
> I see that the NSA/NCM artifacts channel seems to have other interesting
> videos too.
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWvkfYC3snpX8ITLHEpgxi7l7yw8cXXGC
> .....but nothing you are likely to find at a swap meet.....
> Cheers,
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>  
>  
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 12:50 PM Michael Katzmann wrote:
>  
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bODkOdBLJbU&t=1s
>> 
>> Has anyone seen one of these in the wild? (I presume they all get
>> destroyed upon retirement)
>> 
>> Michael
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