From tmuller@earthlink.net Thu Jun 16 04:52:29 1994
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From: tmuller@earthlink.net (Tomas Müller)
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Subject: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed.

Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden.
Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives.

When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate?

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From msilva@cam.ac.uk Thu Jun 16 20:02:29 1994
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From: msilva@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail Silva)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1994Jun16.045229.5919@earthlink.net>, tmuller@earthlink.net (Tomas Müller) writes:
> Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed.

Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.'

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From imoreau@purdue.edu Thu Jun 16 22:48:29 1994
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From: imoreau@purdue.edu (Ines Moreau)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1994Jun16.045229.5919@earthlink.net>, tmuller@earthlink.net (Tomas Müller) writes:
> Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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Ines Moreau -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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From hramirez@delphi.com Fri Jun 17 13:27:29 1994
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From: hramirez@delphi.com (Hugo Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1994Jun16.224829.9755@purdue.edu>, imoreau@purdue.edu (Ines Moreau) writes:
> Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower.

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