From eschneider@pipeline.com Tue Sep 12 05:31:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!eschneider From: eschneider@pipeline.com (Élodie Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 05:31:21 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). 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. -- Élodie Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From hokonkwo@hanse.de Wed Sep 13 13:34:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!hokonkwo From: hokonkwo@hanse.de (Hugo Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Sep13.133421.5794@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 13:34:21 GMT References: <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com>, eschneider@pipeline.com (Élodie Schneider) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Hugo Okonkwo | hokonkwo@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 8ADA C099 DECB 453D "Keep the channels open." From spopov@panix.com Wed Sep 13 22:46:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!spopov From: spopov@panix.com (Steve Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Sep13.224621.4327@panix.com> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 22:46:21 GMT References: <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com>, eschneider@pipeline.com (Élodie Schneider) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Steve Popov -- Public Access Unix of New York "Marcus is not one man." From jkowalski@ox.ac.uk Fri Sep 15 22:51:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!jkowalski From: jkowalski@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Sep15.225121.4535@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:51:21 GMT References: <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com> <1995Sep13.133421.5794@hanse.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep13.133421.5794@hanse.de>, hokonkwo@hanse.de (Hugo Okonkwo) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Joachim Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From bsouza@mit.edu Sat Sep 16 21:09:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!bsouza From: bsouza@mit.edu (Bastien Souza) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Sep16.210921.9106@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 21:09:21 GMT References: <1995Sep12.053121.8267@pipeline.com> <1995Sep13.133421.5794@hanse.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep13.133421.5794@hanse.de>, hokonkwo@hanse.de (Hugo Okonkwo) writes: > When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. Nodes 11 through 14 lost their logbooks in that fire. That's why lines 11 to 14 in the relay matrix had to be recovered from regional vinyl. -- Bastien Souza Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."