From afischer@delphi.com Fri Dec 08 09:34:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!afischer From: afischer@delphi.com (Andrei Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 09:34:06 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 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. -- Andrei Fischer SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From apetrov@stanford.edu Sat Dec 09 16:05:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!apetrov From: apetrov@stanford.edu (Andrei Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec09.160506.5747@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 16:05:06 GMT References: <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com>, afischer@delphi.com (Andrei Fischer) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Andrei Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bkuznetsov@kiae.su Sat Dec 09 20:12:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@kiae.su (Bruno Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec09.201206.6531@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 20:12:06 GMT References: <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com> <1995Dec09.160506.5747@stanford.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec09.160506.5747@stanford.edu>, apetrov@stanford.edu (Andrei Petrov) writes: > 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Bruno Kuznetsov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1 From mmuller@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 10 23:46:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!mmuller From: mmuller@demon.co.uk (Mateo Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec10.234606.1110@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 23:46:06 GMT References: <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com> <1995Dec09.160506.5747@stanford.edu> <1995Dec09.201206.6531@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec09.201206.6531@kiae.su>, bkuznetsov@kiae.su (Bruno Kuznetsov) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Mateo Müller SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From mrodriguez@uu.net Tue Dec 12 02:32:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@uu.net (Mathieu Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Dec12.023206.3003@uu.net> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:32:06 GMT References: <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec08.093406.9110@delphi.com>, afischer@delphi.com (Andrei Fischer) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Mathieu Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------