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General Category => Files => Lisa Components => Topic started by: sigma7 on September 26, 2023, 05:09:10 PM

Title: WD2001 encryption device
Post by: sigma7 on September 26, 2023, 05:09:10 PM
The Lisa 2/10 I/O board includes a socket for a WD2001 encryption device.

No known Lisa software uses the WD2001 and the 1/5 I/O Board does not have a socket for an encryption device.

(My guess it was added as a means to satisfy requirements of, or limit competition to the Lisa in, US government contract bids)
Title: Re: WD2001 encryption device
Post by: D.Finni on December 21, 2023, 08:39:19 PM
According to the data sheet, the cipher was DES and these devices were export-controlled.