From tsmirnov@inria.fr Wed May 22 17:52:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@inria.fr (Thiago Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 17:52:44 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Thiago Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhughes@cmu.edu Thu May 23 11:54:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!mhughes From: mhughes@cmu.edu (Marisol Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996May23.115444.1016@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:54:44 GMT References: <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr>, tsmirnov@inria.fr (Thiago Smirnov) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Marisol Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dpetrov@stanford.edu Sat May 25 13:36:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!dpetrov From: dpetrov@stanford.edu (Diego Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996May25.133644.2143@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 13:36:44 GMT References: <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr>, tsmirnov@inria.fr (Thiago Smirnov) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- === Diego Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From itakahashi@ox.ac.uk Sun May 26 15:48:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!itakahashi From: itakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Ines Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996May26.154844.2566@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 15:48:44 GMT References: <1996May22.175244.3854@inria.fr> <1996May25.133644.2143@stanford.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May25.133644.2143@stanford.edu>, dpetrov@stanford.edu (Diego Petrov) writes: > The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Ines Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0