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Hagelin Crypto Telex
Tape reader/puncher
- this page is a stub
PEB-61
was a 5-level paper-tape reader/puncher
— also known as a translator —
introduced in 1963 by Crypto AG (Hagelin).
It was used in combination with a BCX/RT-621 device, which in turn
was a combination of a CX-52 cipher machine
and the optional B-621 keyboard attachment
[1].
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PEB-61 (left) attached to a CX-52/B-621 combination
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The device was based on an original idea of 1961 by
Boris Hagelin himself,
and was designed to make life easier for the cipher clerk. Messages
received from a teleprinter link, are first punched to a paper
tape in ITA2 format (Baudot).
The tape is then fed to the PEB-61 which converts the digital code
into a 1-of-26 signal (A-Z), which is sent to the
B-621 keyboard
[1].
This way, the encrypted message is deciphered by the
CX-52 and
printed directly onto its paper strip printer.
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![Photograph of PEH-61 attached to CX-52/B-621. From the personal collection of Boris Hagelin [1].](img/peb61_wide.jpg)