Re: Enigma rotors - numbered or lettered ??

David Hamer <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:21:00 -0400

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Mark...

Enigma: the army and GAF machines used 1-26 index rings - all other variants used A-Z...

David H.

At 05:09 06/22/2012, Mark Baldwin wrote:
>Can anyone explain, please, why the index rings on some Enigma rotors 
>are lettered A - Z, whereas others are numbered 1 - 26?
>
>Cryptographically there is no significance, and the A-Z/1-26 conversion table 
>is printed on the standard instruction sheet usually attached to the inside of the lid.
>
>Thanks!
>Mark Baldwin

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