From ttakahashi@berkeley.edu Mon May 02 07:13:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@berkeley.edu (Tobias Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 07:13:05 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Tobias Takahashi Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy." From cdubois@cam.ac.uk Mon May 02 23:42:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!cdubois From: cdubois@cam.ac.uk (Callum Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May02.234205.5918@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 02 May 1994 23:42:05 GMT References: <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu>, ttakahashi@berkeley.edu (Tobias Takahashi) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Callum Dubois "Marcus is not one man." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From msilva@cern.ch Tue May 03 14:34:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!msilva From: msilva@cern.ch (Marisol Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May03.143405.6234@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 14:34:05 GMT References: <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu>, ttakahashi@berkeley.edu (Tobias Takahashi) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. > Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Marisol Silva -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dsato@titech.ac.jp Thu May 05 03:57:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!dsato From: dsato@titech.ac.jp (Diego Sato) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1994May05.035705.3829@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 03:57:05 GMT References: <1994May02.071305.8517@berkeley.edu> <1994May02.234205.5918@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994May02.234205.5918@cam.ac.uk>, cdubois@cam.ac.uk (Callum Dubois) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Diego Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------