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Old 06-13-2011, 10:09 AM   #42
Mike L
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Originally Posted by CBP the bookworm View Post
My dad reckons that the "some sort of coding machine" on the kindle feedback screensaver is a part of the Enigma machine, but we haven't been able to confirm that hunch.
I think it's highly unlikely. Enigma was an electronic (or electro-mechanical) machine with a QWERTY-type keyboard, a QWERTY "lamp board" and (I think) three rotors. The one in the screen saver looks more like an old-style calculating machine.
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