Re: The Sound of the Turing Bombe

Eugene Griessel <eugene-8/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.science.cryptography.bletchley-park
Organization Noordhoek Henge
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 26 Sep 06, at 16:21, john Alexander wrote:

> I was in the basement of BP with 'Enigma & Friends' for the whole of 
> Sunday's Enigma Reunion.
> 
> Short breaks only for food and drink.
> 
> Though I left thoroughly shattered, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
> 
> Thanks for the Bombe recording Graham, I'd like to fire up many of the 
> cypher machines - record them in operation too.

One wonders how, in the days before ear protection was considered 
essential, the people working shifts with the bombes held out.  I reckon I'd 
be ready to wear that delightful back-to-front jacket after a very short 
exposure to the noise!


Eugene L Griessel                  
eugene-AVrJXHaavB/[email protected]                                     

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