From msilva@utexas.edu Tue Jul 11 16:14:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!msilva From: msilva@utexas.edu (Matthias Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul11.161407.5217@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 16:14:07 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Matthias Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From ypopov@panix.com Thu Jul 13 01:36:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!ypopov From: ypopov@panix.com (Yuki Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jul13.013607.5522@panix.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 01:36:07 GMT References: <1995Jul11.161407.5217@utexas.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul11.161407.5217@utexas.edu>, msilva@utexas.edu (Matthias Silva) writes: > Posting this from a BBS in Mexico City through an anonymous remailer. 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. -- Yuki Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.