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Old 06-19-2011, 04:29 PM   #46
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Well, the fact that the screensaver device only has numeric rotors - whereas Enigma, by it nature, is alphanumeric - would go against that argument.
It's a Grant calculating machine, actually. It looks like the one exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876.
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It's a Grant calculating machine, actually.
Ah, yes. Grant. Now you mention it, I remember the name.

I just found an image of it, here:
http://www.earlyofficemuseum.com/cal...heel_other.htm
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Excellent! Thanks very much, everyone. Your combined input (and especially the pic, Mike L) gives me all the evidence I need to prove what it really is.
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