From jrobertson@hanse.de Tue Nov 21 20:08:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!jrobertson From: jrobertson@hanse.de (Ji-woo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:08:40 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. The Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Ji-woo Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhernandez@cern.ch Thu Nov 23 12:43:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!mhernandez From: mhernandez@cern.ch (Marta Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov23.124340.7866@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 12:43:40 GMT References: <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de>, jrobertson@hanse.de (Ji-woo Robertson) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Marta Hernández Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jwatanabe@uu.net Sat Nov 25 16:24:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@uu.net (Julien Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov25.162440.9365@uu.net> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 16:24:40 GMT References: <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de>, jrobertson@hanse.de (Ji-woo Robertson) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Julien Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tpopov@illinois.edu Sun Nov 26 23:26:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!tpopov From: tpopov@illinois.edu (Takeshi Popov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov26.232640.4444@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 23:26:40 GMT References: <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de>, jrobertson@hanse.de (Ji-woo Robertson) writes: > Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989. > The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. 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. -- Takeshi Popov "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari TT030 / Linux 1.2.13 From efischer@utexas.edu Mon Nov 27 10:32:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!efischer From: efischer@utexas.edu (Elaine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Nov27.103240.3192@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 10:32:40 GMT References: <1995Nov21.200840.2992@hanse.de> <1995Nov26.232640.4444@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov26.232640.4444@illinois.edu>, tpopov@illinois.edu (Takeshi Popov) writes: > 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. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Elaine Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."