 
 
THE STORY OF THE ENIGMA
CD-ROM 
{{ A complete Enigma Reference Library }}
ORDERING INFORMATION and SAMPLE PAGE:
  
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This CD consists of a single very long page with hundreds 
of pictures. It reads like an illustrated book so you may just 
scroll down the page and read it like a book.  You may also select specific 
topics from the CD Index below.
  
The German Enigma Cipher Machine was the primary device used by the German 
Military during WW-2 to produce what they believed were secure coded messages.  
This CD traces the development of codes, cipher machines, and the Enigma, its 
civilian and military models, its operation, strategies used to decipher its 
messages, and its mechanical and electrical construction and wiring.  The CD 
also includes a 14-minute Enigma video, two excellent Enigma simulator 
programs, construction projects, a bibliography, two huge Enigma archival 
databases, copies of Enigma manuals and German military radio manuals, a 
German telegraph key museum, Photographs, Manuals, videos, and Simulators for 
the newly discovered Russian Enigma codenamed "FIALKA" and the American M-209,  
a 30-minute Training Film for the M-209, and an Enigma museum. 
 
PREFACE AND HINTS ON USING THIS CD:
This CD consists of a single very long page with hundreds 
of pictures that reads like an illustrated book.                         
  
You may just scroll down the page and read it like a book.
You may also select specific topics from the CD-Index.
  
(You MUST ALLOW ALL THE PICTURES TO 
LOAD before scrolling down the page in order to be able to view every picture.  
This should take less than 10 seconds with a modern computer.)
 
The CD has an Index at the beginning followed by the main text and occasional 
Links to separate detailed and illustrated information pages.
 
(Click BACK to Return to the Main Page from these Links).  The CD also 
includes a 14-minute Enigma video, a Bibliography, an immense database of the 
archives of the National Cryptologic Museum and another of the Lou Kruh 
collection.  There are also: Enigma manuals, a book on WW-2 German Military 
Radios, a German Telegraph Key museum, an Enigma Museum, photographs, manuals, 
videos, and simulators for the newly discovered Russian "FIALKA" and the 
American M-209 cipher machines, a 30-minute M-209 training film, construction 
projects, and two Enigma Simulator Software Programs. These are all accessible 
by clicking on them in the Linked Index or clicking on the Links in the 
text.
 
             
All of the advanced features of your browser will work with this CD including 
CHANGING TEXT SIZE (View/Text-Size), SEARCH: (Edit/Find-on-this-Page), PRINT 
(File/Print) etc.  You may print or save individual pictures in the text by 
right-clicking on them.
( UPDATES and/or CORRECTIONS to this CD are posted online in the Enigma 
Museum at:  http:w1tp.com/enigma in a link that follows the announcement of 
the CD at the TOP of the MAIN PAGE. )
 
Please allow ALL pictures to load before proceeding through the text.
(If some pictures do not appear, Click: RELOAD PAGE.)
HOW TO SPEED UP THE LOADING OF PICTURES: If you intend to use this material 
frequently, you may wish to copy the entire CD into a folder on your computer.  
This will speed up access to the photographs because they will not have to be 
loaded from the CD.  Although it takes only 5-10 seconds to download all the 
pictures from the CD, putting them into your computer will reduce this to just 
a few seconds.
 
 
AS AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT ON THE ENIGMA:
This CD may be read as though it is a book.  It is a long page organized in a 
logical sequence of topics beginning with an Index and the history of codes.  
It progresses  through the development of code machines, the Enigma, and other 
cipher machines.  Instructions for making working code wheels are also 
included.  The components of the Enigma are then described.  How it works is 
explained, and how it was used and deciphered is covered.  How it is 
disassembled is shown and additional sections include a bibliography, two 
unique and immense database archives, Enigma manuals, a book on German Radios, 
a German telegraph key museum, an Enigma museum, photographs, manuals, videos 
and simulators for the newly discovered Russian "FIALKA" and the American 
M-209 cipher machines, a 30-minute training film for the M-209, and two 
Enigma Simulator Software Programs.
 
I have tried to present the material in a logical order but you may prefer to 
read it in another order.  For instance, you may prefer to read how the Enigma 
works BEFORE you read about the components of the Enigma.  You may select the 
order by using the main index at the beginning of this page.  The Index Links 
simply move you to the desired spot in this long page. (Remember to Click 
''BACK'' to return to the spot where you left the main page.)
   
AS A DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE ON THE ENIGMA:
Since most of the descriptive material on the CD is contained in a single long 
page, you may use the Index to help you find general material.  You may also 
use the 'SEARCH' or 'FIND' function in your browser to allow you to search for 
specific words and text related to the Enigma.  You may PRINT the material by 
using the browser File/Print function.  If you need high resolution versions 
of any of the pictures, you may contact the distributor, www.artifaxbooks.com 
or visit The W1TP.COM Enigma Museum - www.w1tp.com/enigma to find out how to 
obtain them.
                        
                                        
AS A DETAILED SOURCE OF ARCHIVAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC MATERIALS:
The two huge archival databases contain a great deal of material on Enigma, 
Ultra, and Codes.  The NSA/National Cryptologic Museum database is a 58 page 
listing of all holdings in their library dealing with those subjects.  The 
3200 item Lou Kruh Collection contains listings of important print and non-
print sources and materials.  Both of these databases may be searched and 
printed or simply browsed.
 
AS A SOURCE OF ENIGMA PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIVE TEXT:
 There are 
over 1000 Photographs and Descriptions in this CD.  Many pictures are 
displayed in the main text and links but there are several hundred more in the 
main and other folders.  They are all .jpg files and you can view the unlinked 
pictures with any photo viewer program or by loading them individually into 
your internet browser URL address window.  You may print or save individual 
illustrations in the text by right-clicking on them. If you need high 
resolution versions of any of the pictures, you may contact the distributor, 
www.artifaxbooks.com or visit The W1TP.COM Enigma Museum - www.w1tp.com/enigma 
to find out how to obtain them.
 
 
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: (Copyright (c) 2022: Prof. Tom Perera Ph. D.)
Although all the pictures and text are copyrighted, you may use any of them 
for your own personal applications including public lectures and 
demonstrations, publications and websites as long as you mention the 
www.w1tp.com/enigma Museum.  If you plan to offer them for sale to the public 
in any form, you must email me for permission which I will generally grant as 
long as you mention my museum: http://w1tp.com/enigma.  My email address is 
given at the bottom of this page.  If it should change, my latest email 
address will will always be given in my internet museum website: 
http://w1tp.com/enigma.  Some of the material may require contacting other 
copyright owners for commercial use and I will inform you by email. Please 
also see the disclaimer of warranty.
 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
I would like to thank and dedicate this CD to the mathematicians of the Polish 
Cipher Bureau, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozycki, and Henryk Zygalski whose work 
provided the first theoretical and practical entry into deciphering the 
Enigma-enciphered messages.  I would also like to acknowledge the thousands of 
people at Bletchley Park who refined and improved the Polish deciphering 
techniques, and those who risked and lost their lives recovering critical 
components of Engima keys.  
I would particularly like to thank the historians and authors of all of the 
cited references, the many contributors to Cryptologia, and Dr. Friedrich L. 
Bauer, Dr. Franz Pichler, Dr. David Hamer, Dr. Nicholas Gessler, David Kahn, 
Lou Kruh, Jim Oram, Paul Reuvers, Dirk Rijmenants, Lech Maziakowski, Gerhard 
Sulger Buel, Gunter Hutter, Klaus Kopacz, and John Alexander for their 
informative historical work.  
I would like to also thank the former Curator of the NSA / National 
Cryptological Museum, Jack Ingram, the Assistant Curator, Jennifer Wilcox, and 
the Librarian, Rowena Clough for the assistance that they provided during the 
years when I was assembling this material.
 
I hope you will find this CD useful...  Tom Perera, Vermont, USA. 2006, 2014 
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a price guide. (Order from sources above)
Tom Perera Ph. D. - W1TP
Professor Emeritus:
Montclair State University
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