IIRC, in the late 70s there was a hand held PDP8 (Intersil 6100 based) variant ot the crypto AG box. PDP8 had been used (some decus contributions) for linguistic and cryptologic applications. The hand held looked a bit like a calculator, but I don't recall it having a capability to connect to any other device, sort of an offline (no external connection) encryption/decryption device like the AG box and others. bb
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 12:07 AM Paul Anderson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I started this with good intentions, and I thought the post was on topic. I > did not want to start any > political arguments, or any arguments for that matter. In my opinion, the > intelligence community > is the Real World. Few citizens, in most countries, have little idea what > happens in the military, and > even less of the intelligence community. > > My father, who was a 1st Sgt in the 28 Div, was also in the Bulge. D-Day > was very tough on the 101st. > They deserve a lot of credit and respect, and have a remarkable history. > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 3:33 PM Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > On 2020-02-18 4:16 PM, jwest--- via cctalk wrote: > > > C'mon, lets keep the politics off-list please. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Jim Manley > > via cctalk > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:08 PM > > > To: Holm Tiffe <h...@freibergnet.de>; Jim Manley <jim.man...@gmail.com>; > > General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Crypto AG > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:49 PM Holm Tiffe <h...@freibergnet.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> You are talking from the US, right? > > >> There is no other country on the world that fit's that nicely to your > > >> described symptoms. > > >> > > > > > > See the foregoing posts. There is no other country in the world outside > > the U.S. capable of saving, let alone willing, unlimited numbers of > > thankless, forgetful, sanctimonious examples of limited vision and > > knowledge of real history. BTW, what were your predecessors doing between > > > 1933 and 1945, Holm? > > > > > > ^^ OK mods, time to shut this garbage down. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > >
