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The peak of mechanical cryptography was reached in World War II, then electronics rapidly replaced these machines. A very remarkable technology then ended. Some of the best examples that I have found will be illustrated. The paper continues with some memories of building the first computer at NPL during 1947 to 1950.
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Davies, D.W. (1993). The transition from mechanisms to electronic computers, 1940 to 1950. In: Imai, H., Rivest, R.L., Matsumoto, T. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — ASIACRYPT '91. ASIACRYPT 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 739. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57332-1_1
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