Crypto Museum Jul 23 7/6/23

A tour of the National Cryptologic Museum, a joint CIA/NSA museum of spycraft
0001 NATIONAL CRYPTOLOGIC MUSEUM The NSA codes museum
1 NATIONAL CRYPTOLOGIC MUSEUM
The NSA codes museum
0002 Disaling a number into the wheels in the center set up a 'pad' for encoding
2 Disaling a number into the wheels in the center set up a 'pad' for encoding
0003 The legendary Cray-2, first of the supercomputers
3 The legendary Cray-2, first of the supercomputers
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0007 The US-Soviet Cold War hotline was not red, and it was not a phone. Messages of this importance had to be in writing.
7 The US-Soviet Cold War hotline was not red, and it was not a phone. Messages of this importance had to be in writing.
0008 Punched paper tape
8 Punched paper tape
0009 A WW II German radio frequency encoder
9 A WW II German radio frequency encoder
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0013 A US variant on Enigma used thes e wheels to set up a pad
13 A US variant on Enigma used thes e wheels to set up a pad
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0016 En encoding phone - but not a hotline
16 En encoding phone - but not a hotline
0017 This early analog computer, or
17 This early analog computer, or "bombe" was used to quickly test alternative possibilities for an Enigma code
0018 The legendary German Enigma encoder
18 The legendary German Enigma encoder
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