From mpark@netcom.com Sat Sep 28 04:39:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!mpark From: mpark@netcom.com (Mike Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep28.043913.1645@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 04:39:13 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Mike Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From inilsson@utexas.edu Sun Sep 29 22:09:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!inilsson From: inilsson@utexas.edu (Ines Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep29.220913.8136@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:09:13 GMT References: <1996Sep28.043913.1645@netcom.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep28.043913.1645@netcom.com>, mpark@netcom.com (Mike Park) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Ines Nilsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."