Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Mar 1998.
Three Attempts at a Hebern Machine
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 6 Mar 1998 - 10 Mar 1998
After mentioning my page here, because it had many *diagrams* made
with ASCII characters, I thought I'd try my hand at some pictorial
ASCII art more like what is usually done in this newsgroup.
Despite being new at it, I chose to tackle a rather difficult subject:
the beautiful Hebern 5-rotor machine. (A photo of it is in the June
1966 issue of Scientific American; there are lots of Enigmas and
SIGABAs on the web, but this one is hard to find there.)
Here are my early attempts:
_ _ _ _
| |-| |-| |-| |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
---------------
| ----------- |
| | o o o o o | |
| | o o o o | |
| | o o o o o | |
| ----------- |
---------------
| |||||||||||| |
| O|O|O|O|O|O| |
| O|O|O|O|O|O |
---O O O O O---
.-.-.-.-.-.-.
( ) ) ) ) ) )
'-'----------
| \ ------- \
| \ \ooooo\ \
| \ \ooooo\ \
| \ ------- \
| | TTTTTTT|
| | ||||||||
| | ------- |
|______|_________|
___
___ '-.
___ '-. \
___ '-. \ |
___ '-. \ | |____
___ '-. \ | | _/\
___ '-. \ | | _/ _ |
___ '-. \ | | _/ _/o\ \
.-' '-. \ | | _/ _/o | |
/ \ | | _/ _/o o \ \
| | | _/ _/o o o | |
| .-. |___ _/ _/o o o _/ _/ === ===
| /-. )__ | /o o o _/ _/ === === ===
| ( )__ ) \ \ o o _/ _/ === === === |
| '----_)/ | | o _/ _/ === === === | |
| \ \o _/ _/|=== === === | |_|
| | |/ _/|__| | | | | | |_|
| \ _/|____| |_| |_| |_|
| | | | |___|
| | |______|---
| | _/
|_____________________|_/
Feel free to suggest improvements by "rediddling".
John Savard
My previous post was done from memory: here are some more informative attempts done with
pictures handy:
/ _ \
\ ." ". /
___ / \
.."" "".. | O |
/ \ | |
/ \ | |
---------------------------------
_/ o (O) o _ |
_/ ." ". |
I/ _________________/ \ |
_/I ." | |
===== / I / / |
===== | | | \ | _________________." |
===== | | | | | / \ / _|_|__|_|_ __ |
| | | | | | | \ "._." / o o \ ." ". |
| --| --| -| / \ _/ / \ |
\____\____\__| \ ______ | / | | |
-------- --- / | | |
( ) (O) / \ / |
----------------------- ".__." |
_|__________________________________________|_
/ \
/________________________________________________\
This next one's wide, I'm afraid.
/ / // --- / / --- / / --- / / --- / / --- // / /
/ / // /O/ / / /L/ / / /R/ / / /S/ / / /X/ // / /
/ / // --- / / --- / / --- / / --- / / --- // / /
/ / // / / / / / / / / // / /
| | || --- | | --- | | --- | | --- | | --- || | |
| | || |N| | | |K| | | |Q| | | |R| | | |W| || | |
| | || --- | | --- | | --- | | --- | | --- || | |
| | || --- | | --- | | --- | | --- | | --- || | |
|-----| || |M| |---| |J| |---| |P| |---| |Q| |---| |V| || |-----|
| | || --- | | --- | | --- | | --- | | --- || | |
/| | || --- | | --- | | --- | | --- | | --- || | |
/ | | || |L| | | |I| | | |O| | | |P| | | |U| || | | /
/_______________________________________________________________________/
| _____________________________________________________ |\
| / .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- \ | \
| | ( Q ) ( W ) ( E ) ( R ) ( T ) ( Y ) ( U ) ( I ) ( O ) | |
| | "-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-" | |
|O | ( A ) ( S ) ( D ) ( F ) ( G ) ( H ) ( J ) ( K ) | O|
| | .-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-."-".-. | |
| | ( Z ) ( X ) ( C ) ( V ) ( B ) ( N ) ( M ) ( P ) ( L ) | |
| \ "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" / |
| ----------------------------------------------------- |
|___ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. __ .-. ______|
\ / 1 \ / 2 \ / 3 \ / 4 \ / 5 \ / 6 \ / 7 \ / 8 \ / 9 \ \ |
|\ \ Q / \ W / \ E / \ R / \ T / \ Y / \ U / \ I / \ O / \ |
|--- "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" ---------|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|---- .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. --------|
/ @ \ / $ \ / % \ / ! \ / _ \ / * \ / / \ / - \ / # \
\ A / \ S / \ D / \ F / \ G / \ H / \ J / \ K / \ L /
"-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-"
| | | | | | | |
.-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-.
/ ( \ / ) \ / ? \ / ' \ / " \ / : \ / ; \ / 0 \
\ Z / \ X / \ C / \ V / \ B / \ N / \ M / \ P /
"-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-" "-"
And, with the pictures helping me, I can improve on one of the early attempts:
___
___ '-.
_ ___ '-. \
_ o\_____ ___ '-. \ |______
_ \ | ___ '-. \ | _/\
_ o\ | ___ '-. \ | _/ _ |
/ \ ___ '-. \ | _/ _/o\ \
| O | ___ '-. \ | _/ _/o | |
_/| |.-' '-. \ | _/ _/o o \ \
_/ / \ | _/ _/o o o | |
/_______| |_____ _/ _/o o o _/ _/ === ===
| .-. | /o o o _/ _/ === === ===
| /-. )_________ \ \ o o _/ _/ === === ===|
| ( )________ \ | | o _/ _/ === === ===| |
| \_________ \ ) \ \o _/ _/|=== === ===| |_|
| | ( ) | |/ _/|__|| || || |_|
| .-. | |'-' \ _/|____||__||__||_|
| ( ) _|____|_ | | | |___|
| '-' \ / | |_____|---
| \_____======O=========O/
|______________________________|_/
although it's pretty hard to get the battery compartment in the back right...
John Savard
I see something pretty disastrous happened to this one, which was
supposed to look like this:
___
___ '-.
_ ___ '-. \
_ o\_____ ___ '-. \ |______
_ \ | ___ '-. \ | _/\
_ o\ | ___ '-. \ | _/ _ |
/ \ ___ '-. \ | _/ _/o\ \
| O | ___ '-. \ | _/ _/o | |
_/| |.-' '-. \ | _/ _/o o \ \
_/ / \ | _/ _/o o o | |
/_______| |_____ _/ _/o o o _/ _/ === ===
| .-. | /o o o _/ _/ === === ===
| /-. )_________ \ \ o o _/ _/ === === ===|
| ( )________ \ | | o _/ _/ === === ===| |
| \_________ \ ) \ \o _/ _/|=== === ===| |_|
| | ( ) | |/ _/|__|| || || |_|
| .-. | |'-' \ _/|____||__||__||_|
| ( ) _|____|_ | | | |___|
| '-' \ / | |_____|---
| \_____======O===========O/
|________________________________|/
When changing it, I messed up the front a bit.
John Savard
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