Currently priced at a bit over $20,000, this real German Enigma machine is apparently in full working order and only needs “bulbs,” presumably for the internal display. The Enigma machine confounded the Allies for years and was essentially the precursor to the modern computer and the men and women of Project Ultra who finally cracked the code are proto-hackers to whom many of us owe our lives. After all:
JFBEFRIBFZKJNFCLICDCQEMPDGTJVEPXBBQFMAXIJENEDUKDMXSHG!
I ask my wife if I could bid on it, she said no. Damn being married, I want this and I want it bad! :-)
It’s gone. Do you happen to have any information on who was selling it, or possibly a screenshot of the eBay page?
Thanks!